śūdra

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शूद्र (śūdra), a variant of क्षुद्र (kṣudra, “small, diminutive”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsu.dra/
  • Rhymes: -dra
  • Hyphenation: su‧dra

Noun

śūdra

  1. Shudra

Derived terms
  • śūdrajanma
  • śūdrajāti
  • śūdrawiwāha
  • śūdrayoni
  • śūdraśāsana

Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦱꦸꦢꦿ (sudra, “low, humble”)
  • → Balinese: ᬰᬹᬤ᭄ᬭ (sudra, “Shudra”)

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