deśa

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देश (deśa, point, region, spot, place, part, portion; province, country, kingdom).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.sa/
  • Rhymes: -sa
  • Hyphenation: de‧śa

Noun

deśa

  1. region, place, part
  2. province, country
  3. country, countryside, rural area, village

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦢꦺꦱ (désa)
  • Balinese: ᬤᬾᬰ (désa)

Further reading

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