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Old Javanese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kan.da/
- Rhymes: -da
- Hyphenation: kaṇ‧ḍa
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa).
Noun
kaṇḍa
- section
- story
- poem
- portion, piece, division
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit काण्ड (kāṇḍa).
Noun
kaṇḍa
- sword, dagger
- arrow
Derived terms
Further reading
- "kaṇḍa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.