prabhā

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रभा (prabhā, “illumination”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pra.ba/
  • Rhymes: -ba
  • Hyphenation: pra‧bhā

Noun

prabhā

  1. glow, light
  2. splendour, radiance
  3. item of adornment

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦥꦿꦧ (praba) (inherited)
    • → Indonesian: praba

Further reading

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