dyah

Javanese

Romanization

dyah

1. Romanization of ꦢꦾꦃ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dyah

1. respectable young person.

Derived terms

• adyah
• adyahi
• aṅdyahi
• kadehan
• kadyahan

 

• saṅ adyah
• wwaṅ adyah

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦢꦾꦃ (dyah)

Further reading

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