Surakarta

English

Proper noun

Surakarta

1. A city in Central Java, Indonesia.
2. A sultanate in Java

Translations

city in Indonesia

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 梭羅 / 梭罗 (Suōluó)

• Hindi: सूराकार्ता m (sūrākārtā)
• Indonesian: Surakarta (id), Solo (id)
• Javanese: ꦱꦸꦫꦏꦂꦠ (Surakarta)
• Marathi: सुराकार्ता (surākārtā)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦱꦸꦫꦏꦂꦠ (surakarta), ꦯꦸꦫꦑꦂꦡ (surakarta), from Sanskrit शूर (śūra, “brave, heroic”) +‎ कृत (kṛta, “done, accomplished”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /suraˈkarta/ [su.raˈkar.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -arta
• Syllabification: Su‧ra‧kar‧ta

Proper noun

Surakarta

1. Surakarta (a city in Central Java, Indonesia)

   Synonyms: Sala, Solo

2. a sultanate in Java

Alternative forms

• Soerakarta

Further reading

• “Surakarta”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016