adhyakṣa

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Old Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit अध्यक्ष (adhyakṣa, “inspector, chairperson”).

Noun[edit]

adhyakṣa

inspector
superintendent, supervisor
guardian
highest judicial official

Alternative forms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

adhyakṣa
padyaksan

Descendants[edit]

> Javanese: ꦗꦏ꧀ꦱ (jaksa) (inherited)
- → Min Nan: 若卅
- → Indonesian: jaksa
- → Malay: jaksa

Further reading[edit]

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

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