śirah

See also: sirah

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शिर (śira, “head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.rah/
• Rhymes: -rah
• Hyphenation: śi‧rah

Noun

śirah

1. head

Derived terms

• makaśirah
• pinakaśirah

 

• kahos sirah
• kajaṅ sirah
• karaṅ sirah

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦱꦶꦫꦃ (sirah)
  • → Sundanese: ᮞᮤᮛᮂ (sirah)
• → Balinese: ᬰᬶᬭᬄ → ᬲᬶᬭᬄ (sirah)

Further reading

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