tantri
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦶ (tantri), from Old Javanese tantri, from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra, “a class of works teaching magical and mystical formularies”). Compare to English tantra. Doublet of tentara and tenteram.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tantri
- (literature) A prosaic fable from Pancatantra.
Further reading edit
- “tantri” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
tantri
- Romanization of ꦠꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦶ
Old Javanese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra, “a class of works teaching magical and mystical formularies”). Doublet of tantra
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tantri
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- "tantri" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.