alaṅkara
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Old Javanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit अलङ्कार, अलंकार (alaṅkāra, alaṃkāra, “an ornament of the sense or the sound”, literally “ornament, decoration”). Compare to Tamil அலங்காரம் (alaṅkāram, “figure of speech”).
Noun
[edit]alaṅkara
- attire, ornament
- decoration
- artistic language, tortuous language
- something amazing or fascinating
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- "alaṅkara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.