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Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, “branch”).
Pronunciation
Noun
śākhā
- branch:
- Synonyms: caraṅ, hawis, pādapa, paṅ, śākhā, simpaṅ, wṛkṣaśākhā
- the woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
- a location of an organization with several locations.
- school, subdivision
Derived terms
Further reading
- "śākhā" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.