ꦧꦼꦱ꧀ꦏꦥ꧀

Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably borrowed from Dutch beschaafd (“cultured; courteous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəs.kap/
• Rhymes: -kap
• Hyphenation: bes‧kap

Noun

ꦧꦼꦱ꧀ꦏꦥ꧀

1. Javanese formal men shirt: thick shirts, not folded collars, usually dark in color, but almost always plain.

Descendants

• → Indonesian: beskap

Further reading

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