swāgata

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वागत (svāgata, “welcome”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swa.ɡa.ta/
• Rhymes: -ta
• Hyphenation: swa‧ga‧ta

Noun

swāgata

1. welcome, welcoming
2. (music) name of a metre

Alternative forms

• sogata

Derived terms

• manwāgata
• maswāgata
• sinwāgatan
• sumwāgata
• swāgata swāgati
• swāgatamana

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦱꦸꦒꦠ (sugata, “refreshment; formal welcome”)
• → Balinese: ᬲ᭄ᬯᬵᬕᬢ (swagata)

Further reading

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