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Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay kasturi, from Sanskrit कस्तूरी (kastūrī, “musk”). Doublet of kesturi and seturi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kas.ˈtu.ri/
- Rhymes: -ri
- Hyphenation: kas‧tu‧ri
Noun
kasturi (first-person possessive kasturiku, second-person possessive kasturimu, third-person possessive kasturinya)
- abelmosk, annual hibiscus, musk mallow (Abelmoschus moschatus)
- a mango of species Mangifera casturi, from South Kalimantan
- a back-scratcher ginger, or torch ginger, of species Tapeinochilos ananassae, a type of flower from Maluku and New Guinea.
- a parrot (kind of bird)
- Synonyms: bayan, nuri
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
kasturi
- Romanization of ꦏꦱ꧀ꦠꦸꦫꦶ
Malay
Etymology
From Sanskrit कस्तूरी (kastūrī).
Noun
kasturi (Jawi spelling کستوري, plural kasturi-kasturi, informal 1st possessive kasturiku, 2nd possessive kasturimu, 3rd possessive kasturinya)
- musk
Descendants
Further reading
Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कस्तूरी (kastūrī, “musk; castoreum”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kas.tu.ri/
- Rhymes: -ri
- Hyphenation: kas‧tu‧ri
Noun
kasturi
- civet
- musk
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- "kasturi" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.