pralaya

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रलय (pralaya).

Pronunciation

Noun

pralaya (plural pralayas)

  1. (Indian mythology) destruction, apocalypse
  2. (Hindu cosmology) a period of cosmic inactivity, lasting 4.32 billion years

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Etymology

From Javanese ꦥꦿꦭꦪ (pralaya) or Old Javanese pralaya, from Sanskrit प्रलय (pralaya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: pra‧la‧ya

Noun

pralaya (first-person possessive pralayaku, second-person possessive pralayamu, third-person possessive pralayanya)

  1. pralaya,
    1. destruction.
    2. apocalypse.
      Synonym: kiamat

Javanese

Romanization

pralaya

  1. Romanization of ꦥꦿꦭꦪ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रलय (pralaya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pra.la.ja/
  • Rhymes: -ja
  • Hyphenation: pra‧la‧ya

Noun

pralaya

  1. dissolution, reabsorption
  2. annihilation
  3. death

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦥꦿꦭꦪ (pralaya) (inherited)

Further reading

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