bausastra

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦧꦲꦸꦱꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ (bahusastra, “dictionary”), from Old Javanese bahuśāstra (“knowing many books or sciences”), from Sanskrit बहु (bahu, “great”) +‎ शास्त्र (śāstra, “scripture”). Reconstructed as bahu +‎ sastra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.u.sas.tra/
• Hyphenation: ba‧u‧sas‧tra

Noun

bausastra

1. dictionary

   Synonym: kamus

Further reading

• “bausastra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

bausastra

1. Romanization of ꦧꦲꦸꦱꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ.