kartika

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit कृत्तिका (kṛttikā, “Pleiades”); see कार्त्तिकेय (kārttikeya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar.ti.ka/
• Hyphenation: kar‧ti‧ka

Noun

kartika

1. (poetic) star
2. Pleiades

   Synonym: bintang tujuh

Further reading

• “kartika”, 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