ghāra

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गृह (gṛha, “house, family, wife, assistant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Hyphenation: ghā‧ra

Noun

ghāra

1. wife

   Synonyms: babini, bhāryā, bi, bini, dāra, dayitā, ghāra, ghārapatnī, ghariṇī, jatukrama, karma, kurĕn, kuṭumbī, nārī, patnī, pipiṇḍa, rabi, rayi, sisihan, somah, strī, wadhū, wanitā, wini, yugala

Derived terms

• aghāra
• makaghāra

 

• sughāra

 

Descendants

• >? Javanese: ꦒꦂꦮ (garwa) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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