abikara

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese abikara (ꦲꦧꦶꦏꦫ), from Sanskrit अभिकर (abhikara, “executor, performer”) (अभि (abhi) +‎ कर (kara)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [abiˈkara]
• Hyphenation: abi‧ka‧ra

Noun

abikara (plural abikara-abikara, first-person possessive abikaraku, second-person possessive abikaramu, third-person possessive abikaranya)

1. (Java, archaic) respected person.

Further reading

• “abikara” 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.