racana

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

rācāna f (genitive rācānae); first declension

  1. garment, wrap

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rācāna rācānae
Genitive rācānae rācānārum
Dative rācānae rācānīs
Accusative rācānam rācānās
Ablative rācānā rācānīs
Vocative rācāna rācānae

Descendants[edit]

  • Dalmatian: recanjala

References[edit]

  • racana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • racana in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Old Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit रचन (racana).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ra.t͡ʃa.na/
  • Rhymes: -na
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ca‧na

Noun[edit]

racana

  1. arrangement, structure, construction, layout, design
  2. literary composition, literary style
  3. ornament, embellishment

Alternative forms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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