ꦥꦫꦺꦴ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese paro, parwa (“half”), from Sanskrit पर्व (parva), पर्वन् (parvan, “division, section”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ro/
• Rhymes: -ro
• Hyphenation: pa‧ro

Noun

ꦥꦫꦺꦴ (paro)

1. half

Descendants

• → Indonesian: paro

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “paro”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN