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Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit जीव (jīva), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰiHwás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.wa/
- Rhymes: -wa
- Hyphenation: jī‧wa
Noun
jīwa
- existence
- life
- soul
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- "jīwa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.