kaharṣa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed arṣa, harṣa (“joy, pleasure, delight; desire, love; glad, pleased, delighted”) +‎ ka-.

Noun

kaharṣa

1. desire, wish
2. desired

Alternative forms

• karṣa
• karsa

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦏꦂꦱ (karsa), ꦏꦼꦂꦱ (kersa), ꦏꦂꦰ (karsa) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: karsa
  • → Sundanese: ᮊᮨᮁᮞ (kersa)

Further reading

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