ꦮꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ

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Javanese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Javanese wastra (garment, clothes), from Sanskrit वस्त्र (vastra, clothing, garment), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wástram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wástram, from Proto-Indo-European *wéstrom, *wes- (to wear).

Noun

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ꦮꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ (wastra)

  1. (literary) clothing, garment

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: wastra (traditional fabrics)

Further reading

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