sikara

Javanese

Romanization

sikara

1. Romanization of ꦱꦶꦏꦫ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Sanskrit स्वीकार (svīkāra, “appropriation, claiming, claim”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ka.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Homophone: śikhara
• Hyphenation: si‧ka‧ra

Verb

sikara

1. to impose one's will,
2. to insist on having one's own way
3. to force
4. to molest
5. to vex
6. to trouble

Adjective

sikara

1. highly improbable, inconceivable
2. incompatible

Derived terms

• asikara
• sinikara
• sumikara

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦱꦶꦏꦫ (sikara) (inherited)

Further reading

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