pūrwaka

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पूर्वक (pūrvaka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pur.wa.ka/
• Rhymes: -ka
• Hyphenation: pūr‧wa‧ka

Noun

pūrwaka

1. beginning
2. first

Adjective

pūrwaka

1. formerly, previously

Derived terms

• amūrwaka
• kapūrwakan
• makapurwaka

 

• bhaktipūrwaka
• rākṣasapūrwaka
• stawapūrwaka
• strīpūrwaka
• sāntwapūrwaka

 

Further reading

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