ꦱꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese śāstra (“scripture; science; letter, script”), from Sanskrit शास्त्र (śāstra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sas.trɔ/
• Rhymes: -tra
• Hyphenation: sas‧tra

Noun

ꦱꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ (sastra)

1. writing
2. literature

Derived terms

• ꦥꦫꦩꦱꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ (paramasastra)
• ꦧꦲꦸꦱꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ (bausastra)

 

Further reading

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