ꦩꦭꦩ꧀

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese malam, from Gujarati મલમ (malam, “ointment or paste made of wax”), from Classical Persian مرهم (marham), from Arabic مَرْهَم (marham).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /malam/

Noun

ꦩꦭꦩ꧀ (malam)

  1. wax

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