śikhara

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शिखर (śikhara, “peak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ka.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Homophone: sikara
• Hyphenation: śi‧kha‧ra

Noun

śikhara

1. top
2. mountaintop

Derived terms

• aśikhara

 

• acalaśikhara
• adriśikhara
• agraśikhara
• giriśikhara
• girīndraśikhara
• parwataśikhara
• pārśwaśikhara

 

Further reading

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