prakṛti

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रकृति (prakṛti, “nature, character, constitution, temper, disposition”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pra.k(ə̆)r.ti/
  • Rhymes: -ti
  • Hyphenation: pra‧kṛ‧ti

Noun

prakṛti

  1. nature
  2. character, disposition
  3. pattern, standard, model
  4. (literature) chanda of 21 syllables

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦥꦏꦼꦂꦠꦶ (pakerti) (inherited)
    • → Indonesian: pekerti

Further reading

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