pustaka

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pustaka, from Sanskrit पुस्तक (pustaka), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pōstaka, *pustaka. Doublet of pestaka and pustaha.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pusˈtaka/ [pusˈt̪a.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: pus‧ta‧ka

Noun

pustaka (plural pustaka-pustaka)

1. (rare or poetic) book

   Synonyms: buku, kitab

2. book of Javanese divination, the primbon
3. library
   1. (computing) a collection of software routines that provide functionality to be incorporated into or used by a computer program
   2. (genetics) a collection of DNA material from a single organism or relative to a single disease

Derived terms

Affixations

• kepustakaan
• pemustaka
• perpustakaan
• pustakawan

Compounds

• pustaka acuan
• taman pustaka

Further reading

• “pustaka”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

pustaka

1. romanization of ꦥꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦏ

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit पुस्तक (pustaka), from some Middle Iranian language. Doublet of pestaka.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /pusˈtakə/ [pusˈt̪a.kə]
  • Rhymes: -akə, -kə, -ə

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /pusˈtaka/ [pusˈt̪a.ka]
  • Rhymes: -aka, -ka, -a
• Hyphenation: pus‧ta‧ka

Noun

pustaka (Jawi spelling ڤوستاک, plural pustaka-pustaka or pustaka²)

1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)

   Synonyms: buku, kitab

   1. (archaic) book of divination or sorcery.

Derived terms

Affixations

• kepustakaan (“bibliography; literature”)
• perpustakaan (“library”)
• pustakawan (“librarian”)

Related terms

• pestaka

Descendants

• > Indonesian: pustaka (inherited)

References

• Edi Sedyawati; Ellya Iswati; Kusparyati Boedhijono; Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994), Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, pages 149-150
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “ڤستاک pĕstaka, pustaka or pistaka”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 461
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “pustaka”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 292

Further reading

• "pustaka" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017