sastra

See also: Sastra

Balinese

Romanization

sastra

1. Romanization of ᬲᬵᬲ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭ
2. Romanization of ᬰᬵᬲ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭ

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sastera, from Sanskrit शास्त्र (śāstra, “scripture”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsastra/ [ˈsas.t̪ra]
• Rhymes: -astra
• Syllabification: sas‧tra

Noun

sastra (plural sastra-sastra, first-person possessive sastraku, second-person possessive sastramu, third-person possessive sastranya)

1. literary language.
2. literature.

   Synonyms: kesusasteraan, literatur

3. (Hinduism) Shastra; scripture
4. (archaic) book of Javanese divination

   Synonyms: pustaka, primbon

5. (archaic) letter (character)

   Synonyms: tulisan, huruf

Alternative forms

• sastera

Derived terms

• bersastra
• kebersastraan
• kesastraan

 

• sastra bandingan
• sastra daerah
• sastra dunia
• sastra erotik
• sastra hiburan
• sastra Indonesia
• sastra Indonesia klasik
• sastra klasik
• sastra kontemporer
• sastra lisan
• sastra modern
• sastra nusantara
• sastra otonom
• sastra pelarian
• sastra pengasingan
• sastra pop
• sastra protes
• sastra rakyat
• sastra tebakan
• sastra tulisan

 

Related terms

• kesusastraan
• paramasastra
• santri

 

Further reading

• “sastra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

sastra

1. Romanization of ꦱꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsastɾa/ [ˈsas.t̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -astɾa
• Syllabification: sas‧tra

Noun

sastra f (plural sastras)

1. female equivalent of sastre

Further reading

• “sastre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28