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Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रथम (prathamá, “first, primary, original”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pra.ta.ma/
- Rhymes: -ma
- Hyphenation: pra‧ta‧ma
Numeral
prathama
- first
Noun
prathama
- chief
- best
Adjective
prathama
- firstly
- best
Descendants
Further reading
- "prathama" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.