ꦥꦫꦺꦴ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese paro, parwa (“half”), from Sanskrit पर्व (parva), पर्वन् (parvan, “division, section”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pa.ro/
  • Rhymes: -ro
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ro

Noun

ꦥꦫꦺꦴ (paro)

  1. half

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: paro

Further reading
  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “paro”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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