rakṣa
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Old Javanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit रक्षा (rakṣā, “guard”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rakṣa
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- > Javanese: ꦫꦏ꧀ꦱ (raksa, “to guard”) (inherited)
- > Javanese: ꦉꦏ꧀ꦱ (reksa, “to guard, to watch over”) (inherited)
- → Indonesian: reksa (“police; guard”)
- → Balinese: ᬭᬓ᭄ᬱ (raksa, “protection, shelter, care”)
Further reading
[edit]- "rakṣa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.