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Old Javanese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Sanskrit शाक (śāka, “vegetable”), शाखा (śākhā, “vegetable”, literally “branch”).
Noun
śāka
- vegetable, greens
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, “teak”, literally “branch”).
Noun
śāka
- teak
Etymology 3
Noun
śāka
- Alternative spelling of śaka (“Shaka year”)
Further reading
- "śāka" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.