mūrkha

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मूर्ख (mūrkha, “stupid, foolish, blockhead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mur.ka/
• Rhymes: -ka
• Hyphenation: mur‧ka

Adjective

mūrkha

1. infatuated, presumptuous
2. violent, wild
3. malicious, evil

Derived terms

• kamūrkhan

• atimūrkha
• mahāmūrkha
• mūrkhatanmaya
• wimūrkha

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦩꦸꦂꦏ (murka)
• → Balinese: ᬫᬹᬃᬔ (murka), ᬫᬹᬃᬓ᭄ᬓ (murka), ᬫᬹᬃᬓ (murka)
• → Malay: murka
  • Indonesian: murka

Further reading

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