prathama

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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

  1. first

Noun

prathama

  1. chief
  2. best

Adjective

prathama

  1. firstly
  2. 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.