śapatha

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शपथ (śapatha, “oath, vow; swear; scolding, curse; ordeal; reviling, anathema”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.pa.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ta
  • Hyphenation: śa‧pa‧tha

Noun

śapatha

  1. curse
  2. declaration on oath

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Further reading

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