sastra

See also: Sastra

English

Noun

sastra (plural sastras)

1. Alternative form of Shastra.

Balinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sastrə/
• Hyphenation: sas‧tra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Javanese śastra (“arrow; weapon”), from Sanskrit शस्त्र (śastra, “weapon”).

Noun

sastra (Balinese script ᬲᬵᬲ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭ)

1. arrow

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit शास्त्र (śāstra, “scripture”).

Noun

sastra (Balinese script ᬰᬵᬲ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭ)

1. writing

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sastera, from Sanskrit शास्त्र (śāstra, “scripture”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsastra/ [ˈsas.t̪ra]
• Rhymes: -astra
• Syllabification: sas‧tra

Noun

sastra (plural sastra-sastra)

1. literary language

   Synonym: bahasa sastra

2. literature

   Synonyms: kesusasteraan, literatur

3. (Hinduism) Shastra; scripture

   Synonym: naskah sastra

4. (archaic) book of Javanese divination

   Synonyms: primbon, pustaka

5. (archaic) letter (character)

   Synonyms: tulisan, huruf

Alternative forms

• sastera

Derived terms

• bersastra
• kebersastraan
• kesastraan

• sastra bandingan
• sastra daerah
• sastra dunia
• sastra erotik
• sastra hiburan
• sastra Indonesia
• sastra Indonesia klasik
• sastra klasik
• sastra kontemporer
• sastra lisan
• sastra modern
• sastra nusantara
• sastra otonom
• sastra pelarian
• sastra pengasingan
• sastra pop
• sastra protes
• sastra rakyat
• sastra tebakan
• sastra tulisan

Related terms

• kesusastraan
• paramasastra
• santri

Further reading

• “sastra”, 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

sastra

1. romanization of ꦱꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsastɾa/ [ˈsas.t̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -astɾa
• Syllabification: sas‧tra

Noun

sastra f (plural sastras)

1. female equivalent of sastre
2. (uncommon) tailor's wife

Further reading

• “sastre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025