wastha

Old Javanese

Etymology

Back-formation from wasthā, awasthā (“state, condition; circumstance, fate; course”), borrowed from Sanskrit अवस्था (avasthā, “state, situation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /was.ta/
• Rhymes: -ta
• Hyphenation: was‧tha

Noun

wastha

1. title
2. name

Alternative forms

• wasta

Derived terms

• awastha
• kawastan
• mastani
• mawastha

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦮꦱ꧀ꦠ (wasta)
• → Balinese: ᬯᬲ᭄ᬢ (wasta)

Further reading

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