śūdra

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शूद्र (śūdra), a variant of क्षुद्र (kṣudra, “small, diminutive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.dra/
• Rhymes: -dra
• Hyphenation: su‧dra

Noun

śūdra

1. Shudra

Derived terms

• śūdrajanma
• śūdrajāti
• śūdrawiwāha
• śūdrayoni
• śūdraśāsana

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦱꦸꦢꦿ (sudra, “low, humble”)
• → Balinese: ᬰᬹᬤ᭄ᬭ (sudra, “Shudra”)

Further reading

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