ꦲꦂꦪ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese ārya (“Aryan; honorable, respectable, noble”), from Sanskrit आर्य (ārya).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /arjɔ/
  • Rhymes: -jɔ
  • Hyphenation: ar‧ya

Noun

ꦲꦂꦪ (arya)

  1. title of male nobility
  2. the royal family in charge of organizing the work of the wadana and the palace environment

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