pralaya

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रलय (pralaya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹʌləjə/

Noun

pralaya (plural pralayas)

1. (Indian mythology) destruction, apocalypse
2. (Hindu cosmology) a period of cosmic inactivity, lasting 4.32 billion years

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦥꦿꦭꦪ (pralaya) or Old Javanese pralaya, from Sanskrit प्रलय (pralaya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [praˈla.ja]
• Hyphenation: pra‧la‧ya

Noun

pralaya (first-person possessive pralayaku, second-person possessive pralayamu, third-person possessive pralayanya)

1. pralaya,
   1. destruction.
   2. apocalypse.

      Synonym: kiamat

Javanese

Romanization

pralaya

1. Romanization of ꦥꦿꦭꦪ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रलय (pralaya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pra.la.ja/
• Rhymes: -ja
• Hyphenation: pra‧la‧ya

Noun

pralaya

1. dissolution, reabsorption
2. annihilation
3. death

Derived terms

• amralayākĕn

 

• kṛtapralaya
• mahāpralaya
• pralayabhaya
• pralayabāyu
• pralayakāla
• pralayawarāha
• pralayāgni

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦥꦿꦭꦪ (pralaya) (inherited)

Further reading

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