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Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रम (śrama, “fatigue, weariness, exhaustion; exertion, labour, toil, exercise; military exercise, drill”).
Pronunciation
Noun
śrama
- contest at arms as a performance
- effort, exertion
Adjective
śrama
- energetically
Derived terms
Descendants
- Javanese: ꦱꦿꦩ (srama, “present/gift to superior”)
Further reading
- "śrama" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.