pūrwaka

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पूर्वक (pūrvaka).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pur.wa.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ka
  • Hyphenation: pūr‧wa‧ka

Noun

pūrwaka

  1. beginning
  2. first

Adjective

pūrwaka

  1. formerly, previously

Derived terms
  • amūrwaka
  • kapūrwakan
  • makapurwaka
  • bhaktipūrwaka
  • rākṣasapūrwaka
  • stawapūrwaka
  • strīpūrwaka
  • sāntwapūrwaka

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