ꦏꦂꦪ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese kārya (“work to be done, duty; religious performance, feast; enterprise, matter; motive, purpose”), from Sanskrit कार्य (kārya, “deed”). Doublet of ꦏꦼꦂꦗ (kerja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar.ja/
• Rhymes: -ya
• Hyphenation: kar‧ya

Noun

ꦏꦂꦪ (karya)

1. work, job, opus

Derived terms

• ꦥꦏꦂꦪꦤ꧀ (pakaryan)
• ꦩꦏꦂꦪ (makarya)

 

Descendants

• → Malay: karya
  • > Indonesian: karya (inherited)

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “karya”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN