ꦥꦿꦠꦩ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese prathama (“first; chief; excellence; firstly”), from Sanskrit प्रथम (prathamá, “first, primary, original”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pra.tɔ.mɔ/
  • Rhymes: -mɔ
  • Hyphenation: pra‧ta‧ma

Numeral

ꦥꦿꦠꦩ (pratama)

  1. first
  2. one

Noun

ꦥꦿꦠꦩ (pratama)

  1. best

Proper noun

ꦥꦿꦠꦩ (Pratama)

  1. a male given name from Sanskrit

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: pratama, Pratama

Further reading

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