śara

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sara"

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शर (śara, “arrow, shaft”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Homophones: sara, sāra
• Hyphenation: śa‧ra

Noun

śara

1. grass, reed
2. arrow
3. shaft

Derived terms

• brahmaśara
• krūraśara
• kusumaśara
• kāmaśara
• madanaśara
• niśitaśara
• pañcaśara

 

• śara danta
• śara gaḍiṅ

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦱꦫ (sara, “arrow”)
• → Balinese: ᬰᬭ (sara, “arrow”)

Further reading

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