ꦧꦤ꧀ꦝ

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦧꦤ꧀ꦝ, ꦧꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦝ, ꦧꦤ꧀ꦣ
Pegon
Roman	bandha, banḍa

Etymology

From Old Javanese bhāṇḍa, from Sanskrit भाण्ड (bhāṇḍa, “good”). Cognate with Indonesian benda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Surakarta–Yogyakarta) /b̥ɔɳɖ̥ɔ/

Noun

ꦧꦤ꧀ꦝ (bandha) (krama-ngoko)

1. property
2. wealth

Related terms

• ꦧꦁꦱꦭ꧀ (bangsal)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: banda, bandha

References

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