jīwa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जीव (jīva), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰiHwás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.wa/
• Rhymes: -wa
• Hyphenation: jī‧wa

Noun

jīwa

1. existence
2. life
3. soul

Derived terms

• ajīwa
• añjijiwani
• jinīwa-jīwan
• sajīwa

• jīwaghātaka
• jīwahāraka
• jīwakāla
• jīwakṣaya
• jīwamātra
• labdhajīwa
• punarjīwa
• sadājīwa
• swajīwa

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦗꦶꦮ (jiwa)
• → Balinese: ᬚᬶᬯ (jiwa)

Further reading

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