mārdawa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मार्दव (mārdava, “softness, gentleness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar.da.wa/
• Rhymes: -wɔ
• Hyphenation: mar‧da‧wa

Adjective

mārdawa

1. gentle, soft
2. kind
3. sweet

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦩꦂꦢꦮ (mardawa) (inherited)

Further reading

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