ꦱꦱꦶ

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ꦱꦱꦶ
• Roman: sasi, sasih (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Javanese śaśi (“moon, month”), borrowed from Sanskrit शशि (śaśi, “containing a hare, moon”). Hare on the moon is a folklore popular among Asian cultures.

Noun

ꦱꦱꦶ (sasi)

1. month

   Synonyms: (ngoko) ꦱꦱꦶ (sasi), (krama) ꦮꦸꦭꦤ꧀ (wulan)

2. (literary) moon

   Synonyms: ꦕꦤ꧀ꦢꦿ (candra), ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (indu), ꦫꦠꦶ (rati), ꦫꦠꦶꦃ (ratih), ꦉꦩ꧀ꦧꦸꦭꦤ꧀ (rembulan), ꦱꦱꦁꦏ (sasangka), ꦱꦱꦶ (sasi), ꦮꦸꦭꦤ꧀ (wulan)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: sasi

References

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