śaka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "saka"

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शक (śaka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ka/
• Rhymes: -ka
• Homophones: saka, sakhā, śāka, śākhā
• Hyphenation: sa‧ka

Noun

śaka

1. Shaka year

Alternative forms

• śāka

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦱꦏ (saka, “Shaka year”)
• → Balinese: ᬰᬓ (saka, “Shaka year”)

Further reading

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