wastra

Balinese

Romanization

wastra

1. Romanization of ᬯᬲ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭ (wastra, “clothes, clothing, cloth”)

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ (wastra, “clothing, garment”) and Balinese ᬯᬲ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭ (wastra, “clothes, clothing, cloth”), from Old Javanese wastra (“garment, clothes”), from Sanskrit वस्त्र (vastra, “clothing, garment”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wástram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wástram, from Proto-Indo-European *wéstrom, *wes- (“to wear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwas.tra]
• Hyphenation: was‧tra

Noun

wastra (plural wastra-wastra, first-person possessive wastraku, second-person possessive wastramu, third-person possessive wastranya)

1. traditional fabrics.

Derived terms

• adiwastra

 

Further reading

• “wastra” 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

wastra

1. Romanization of ꦮꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वस्त्र (vastra, “clothing, garment”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wástram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wástram, from Proto-Indo-European *wéstrom, *wes- (“to wear”).

Noun

wastra

1. clothes, garment

   Synonym: kampuh

Derived terms

• awastra
• makawastra
• mawastra

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦮꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ (wastra, “clothing, garment”)
  • → Indonesian: wastra (“traditional fabrics”)
• → Balinese: ᬯᬲ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭ (wastra, “clothes, clothing, cloth”)
  • → Indonesian: wastra (“traditional fabrics”)

Further reading

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