tirta

Balinese

Etymology

From Old Javanese tīrtha (“holy water”), from Sanskrit तीर्थ (tīrtha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tirtə/

Noun

tirta (Balinese script ᬢᬷᬃᬢ)

1. holy water.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese tirta (ꦠꦶꦂꦠ, “water, holy water”), from Old Javanese tirta (“holy water”), tīrtha (“bathing-place, holy water”), from Sanskrit तीर्थ (tīrtha, “bathing-place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tir.ta/
• Hyphenation: tir‧ta

Noun

tirta (plural tirta-tirta)

1. water

   Synonym: air

Usage notes

Tirta is primarily used for water in cleansing ritual.

Derived terms

• tirta amarta

Further reading

• “tirta”, 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

tirta

1. romanization of ꦠꦶꦂꦠ