bhūṣaṇa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भूषण (bhūṣaṇa, “ornament”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.sa.na/
• Rhymes: -na
• Hyphenation: bu‧sa‧na

Noun

bhūṣaṇa

1. embellishment
2. adornment
3. ornament, decoration
4. festive attire

Derived terms

• abhūṣaṇa
• bhinūṣaṇa
• bhinūṣaṇan
• mabhūṣaṇa

 

• bhūṣaṇajāti
• mahābhūṣaṇa
• nāgabhūṣaṇa
• rājabhūṣaṇa
• sabhūṣaṇa
• sarwabhūṣaṇa
• subhūṣaṇa

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦧꦸꦱꦤ (busana, “cloth”)
• → Balinese: ᬪᬹᬱᬡ (busana, “raiment; cloth; ornament”)

Further reading

• "bhūṣaṇa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.