kṣetra

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra, “field”).

Noun

kṣetra

  1. field
  2. cemetery, graveyard
  3. area, sphere of action

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦱꦺꦠꦿ (sétra) (inherited)
    • → Indonesian: setra (“field”)
  • → Balinese: ᬲᬾᬢ᭄ᬭ (setra)
    • → Indonesian: setra (“graveyard, cemetery”)

Further reading

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