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Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit शैल (śaila, “hill, mountain”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saila/
- Rhymes: -la
- Hyphenation: śai‧la
Noun
śaila
- mountain
- Synonyms: acala, adri, arga, giri, gotra, gunuṅ, meru, naga, pārśwa, parwata, śaila, śikha, wukir
- rock
- stone
- Synonym: śilā
Derived terms
Further reading
- "śaila" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.