pūrwa

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Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pur.wa/
  • Rhymes: -wa
  • Hyphenation: pūr‧wa

Noun

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pūrwa

  1. beginning, front
  2. east
  3. first

Adjective

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pūrwa

  1. eastern
  2. former, previous
  3. prominent
  4. before, formerly

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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