banaspati

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Balinese

Romanization

banaspati

  1. Romanization of ᬩᬦᬲ᭄ᬧᬢᬶ

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Javanese ꦧꦤꦱ꧀ꦥꦠꦶ (banaspati, “fire-demon”) (compare Balinese ᬩᬦᬲ᭄ᬧᬢᬶ (banaspati, “a lord of demon”)), from Old Javanese banaspati (“wood-devil; big tree”), from Sanskrit वनस्पति (vanaspati, “name of a gandharvī”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ba‧nas‧pa‧ti

Noun

banaspati (plural banaspati-banaspati, first-person possessive banaspatiku, second-person possessive banaspatimu, third-person possessive banaspatinya)

  1. (mythology) a kind of evil spirit with flame shapes like a fireball that often hovering in the night.

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

banaspati

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦤꦱ꧀ꦥꦠꦶ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वनस्पति (vanaspati, “name of a gandharvī”).

Pronunciation

Noun

banaspati

  1. big tree
  2. (mythology) wood-devil.

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