śākhā

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, “branch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ka/
• Rhymes: -ka
• Homophones: saka, sakhā, śaka, śāka
• Hyphenation: śā‧khā

Noun

śākhā

1. branch:
   1. the woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
   2. a location of an organization with several locations.
2. school, subdivision

Derived terms

• atītawedaśākhā
• wedaśākhā
• wṛkṣaśākhā

 

Further reading

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