wastha

Old Javanese

Etymology

Back-formation from wasthā, awasthā (“state, condition; circumstance, fate; course”), borrowed from Sanskrit अवस्था (avasthā, “state, situation”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /was.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ta
  • Hyphenation: was‧tha

Noun

wastha

  1. title
  2. name

Alternative forms

Derived terms
  • awastha
  • kawastan
  • mastani
  • mawastha

Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦮꦱ꧀ꦠ (wasta)
  • → Balinese: ᬯᬲ᭄ᬢ (wasta)

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