ꦮꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese wastra (“garment, clothes”), from Sanskrit वस्त्र (vastra, “clothing, garment”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wástram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wástram, from Proto-Indo-European *wéstrom, *wes- (“to wear”).

Noun

ꦮꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ (wastra)

1. (literary) clothing, garment

Descendants

• → Indonesian: wastra (“traditional fabrics”)

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “wastra”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN