śaka

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शक (śaka).

Pronunciation

Noun

śaka

  1. Shaka year

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦱꦏ (saka, Shaka year)
  • Balinese: ᬰᬓ (saka, Shaka year)

Further reading

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