prakarsa

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Indonesian

Etymology

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From Sanskrit प्रकर्ष (prakarṣa, “excellence”)
From प्रकर्षति (prakarṣati, “lead, head”)
Affixed karsa (“initiative, will”) +‎ pra- (“pre-”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /praˈkarsa/
Rhymes: -arsa
Syllabification: pra‧kar‧sa

Noun

prakarsa (first-person possessive prakarsaku, second-person possessive prakarsamu, third-person possessive prakarsanya)

initiative.
Synonyms: inisiatif, ikhtiar

Derived terms

Related terms

karsa

Further reading

“prakarsa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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