pattra

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पत्त्र (pattra, “leaf; paper; letter; document; wing; blade”).

Noun

pattra

1. leaf
2. petal
3. wing of a bird
4. feather
5. letter
6. document
7. any thin plate of metal or gold-leaf

Alternative forms

• patra

Derived terms

• mapattra
• pinattra

• asipattra
• baṅśapattra
• gandhapattra
• kaṅkapattra
• sahasrapattra
• supattra
• suwalapattra
• tigapattra
• tripattra
• waṅśapattra
• śatapattra

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦥꦠꦿ (patra) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: patra

Further reading

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