yakṣa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa, “yaksha”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jak.sa/
• Rhymes: -sa
• Hyphenation: yak‧ṣa

Noun

yakṣa

1. yaksha

Derived terms

• yakṣamukha
• yakṣanātha
• yakṣapati
• yakṣarāja
• yakṣendra
• yakṣeśwara
• yakṣādhipa
• yakṣāgni

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦪꦏ꧀ꦱ (yaksa), ꦪꦼꦏ꧀ꦱ (yeksa) (inherited)

Further reading

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