senāpati

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Compound of senā (army) +‎ pati (lord, master), borrowed from Sanskrit सेनापति (senāpati, commandant, commander, general).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /se.na.pa.ti/
  • Rhymes: -ti
  • Hyphenation: se‧nā‧pa‧ti

Noun

senāpati

  1. (military) general

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦱꦺꦤꦥꦠꦶ (sénapati)

Further reading

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