pañji

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably from Sanskrit पञ्जी (pañjī, “register”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɲ.d͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒi
• Hyphenation: pañ‧ji

Noun

pañji

1. name, title
2. part of the repayment of a debt

Derived terms

• apañji
• mapañji
• mapañji-pañji
• pañji-pañji

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦥꦚ꧀ꦗꦶ (panji) (inherited)
  • → Malay: panji (“banner”)
    • > Indonesian: panji (inherited)
    • → Tausug: panji
  • → Indonesian: panji (“a Javanese noble rank; a genre of Indonesian heroic and noble story”)

Further reading

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