ꦱꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese śāstra (scripture; science; letter, script), from Sanskrit शास्त्र (śāstra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sas.trɔ/
  • Rhymes: -tra
  • Hyphenation: sas‧tra

Noun

ꦱꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ (sastra)

  1. writing
  2. literature

Derived terms

Further reading

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