purwa

Borrowed from Old Javanese pūrwa, from Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva).

• IPA^(key): /pur.wə/
• Rhymes: -urwə
• Hyphenation: pur‧wa

purwa (Balinese script ᬧᬹᬃᬯ᭄ᬯ)

1. beginning, origin
2. east
3. first

• “purwa” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

• purwa-

From Javanese ꦥꦸꦂꦮ (purwa, “ancient, beginning”), from Old Javanese pūrwa (“beginning, front, eastern”), from Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva). Doublet of purba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʊrwa]
• Hyphenation: pur‧wa

purwa

1. old, beginning, previous

   Synonyms: mula-mula, permulaan, dahulu

purwa (plural purwa-purwa)

1. a type of wayang

• “purwa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

purwa

1. romanization of ꦥꦸꦂꦮ