pātra

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पात्र (pātra, “receptacle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.tra/
  • Rhymes: -tra
  • Homophone: patra
  • Hyphenation: pā‧tra

Noun

pātra

  1. drinking vessel
  2. suitable or worthy receptacle, worthy to receive something
  3. worthy person
  4. dance-like movements (taṇḍak) when eager and challenging to a fight

Adjective

pātra

  1. able, competent, deft, expert
  2. making such movements

Derived terms

  • apātra
  • mapātra
  • papātra
  • kuṇḍipātra
  • pātrakāsih
  • pātraśoca
  • supātra
  • waṅśapātra

Further reading

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