ꦤꦶꦠꦾ

Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ni.tjɔ/
  • Rhymes: -tjɔ
  • Hyphenation: ni‧tya

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese nitya (“continual, perpetual; continually”), from Sanskrit नित्य (nitya, “constant; eternal”).

Adjective

ꦤꦶꦠꦾ (nitya)

  1. always
  2. sustainable
  3. eternal

Etymology 2

Affixed ꦠꦶꦠꦶꦃ (titih, “to be on; to be on top of”) +‎ N- +‎ -ꦲ (-a).

Noun

ꦤꦶꦠꦾ (nitya)

  1. facial expression

Etymology 3

Affixed ꦠꦶꦠꦶ (titi, “careful, scrupulous, precise”) +‎ N- +‎ -ꦲ (-a).

Noun

ꦤꦶꦠꦾ (nitya)

  1. committee

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “nitya”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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