ghāra

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गृह (gṛha, “house, family, wife, assistant”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡa.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ra
  • Hyphenation: ghā‧ra

Noun

ghāra

  1. wife
    Synonyms: babini, bhāryā, bi, bini, dāra, dayitā, ghāra, ghārapatnī, ghariṇī, jatukrama, karma, kurĕn, kuṭumbī, nārī, patnī, pipiṇḍa, rabi, rayi, sisihan, somah, strī, wadhū, wanitā, wini, yugala

Derived terms
  • aghāra
  • makaghāra
  • sughāra

Descendants
  • >? Javanese: ꦒꦂꦮ (garwa) (see there for further descendants)

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