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Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit गृह (gṛha, “house, family, wife, assistant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa.ra/
- Rhymes: -ra
- Hyphenation: ghā‧ra
Noun
ghāra
- wife
- Synonyms: babini, bhāryā, bi, bini, dāra, dayitā, ghāra, ghārapatnī, ghariṇī, jatukrama, karma, kurĕn, kuṭumbī, nārī, patnī, pipiṇḍa, rabi, rayi, sisihan, somah, strī, wadhū, wanitā, wini, yugala
Derived terms
Descendants
- >? Javanese: ꦒꦂꦮ (garwa) (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- "ghāra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.