purī

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit पुरी (purī), पुर् (pur, “stronghold, fortress”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pŕ̥H, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pŕ̥H, from Proto-Indo-European *(t)pĺ̥H (“city, fortress, stronghold”). Doublet of pura.

Noun

purī

1. castle (fortified building)
2. palace, royal residence
3. residential section of a palace
4. town
5. court
6. capital
7. kingdom

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦥꦸꦫꦶ (puri)
  • → Indonesian: puri
• → Balinese: ᬧᬸᬭᬷ (puri)
  • → Indonesian: puri

Further reading

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