śūdra

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शूद्र (śūdra), a variant of क्षुद्र (kṣudra, small, diminutive).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsu.dra/
  • Rhymes: -dra
  • Hyphenation: su‧dra

Noun

śūdra

  1. Shudra

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦱꦸꦢꦿ (sudra, low, humble)
  • Balinese: ᬰᬹᬤ᭄ᬭ (sudra, Shudra)

Further reading

  • "śūdra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.