pātra

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पात्र (pātra, “receptacle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.tra/
• Rhymes: -tra
• Homophone: patra
• Hyphenation: pā‧tra

Noun

pātra

1. drinking vessel
2. suitable or worthy receptacle, worthy to receive something
3. worthy person
4. dance-like movements (taṇḍak) when eager and challenging to a fight

Adjective

pātra

1. able, competent, deft, expert
2. making such movements

Derived terms

• apātra
• mapātra
• papātra

• kuṇḍipātra
• pātrakāsih
• pātraśoca
• supātra
• waṅśapātra

Further reading

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