ꦥꦸꦂꦮ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese pūrwa (“beginning, front, eastern”), from Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva). Doublet of ꦥꦸꦂꦧ (purba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Standard, Central-Eastern) /pʊr.wɔ/
• Rhymes: -wɔ
• Hyphenation: pur‧wa

Noun

ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa)

1. beginning
2. (literary) east, one of compass points

   Synonyms: ꦠꦶꦩꦸꦂ (timur), ꦮꦺꦠꦤ꧀ (wétan), (literary) ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa)

Adjective

ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa)

1. initial
2. ancient
3. (literary) eastern

   Synonyms: ꦠꦶꦩꦸꦂ (timur), ꦮꦺꦠꦤ꧀ (wétan), (literary) ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa)

Coordinate terms

compass points (kawi/literary):  ^[edit]

nurwitri	utara	narasunya
pascima		purwa
kanéya	duksina	byabya

Derived terms

• ꦩꦸꦂꦮꦤꦶ (murwani)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: purwa, purwa-

Further reading

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