jīwa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जीव (jīva), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰiHwás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.wa/
  • Rhymes: -wa
  • Hyphenation: jī‧wa

Noun

jīwa

  1. existence
  2. life
  3. soul

Derived terms
  • ajīwa
  • añjijiwani
  • jinīwa-jīwan
  • sajīwa
  • jīwaghātaka
  • jīwahāraka
  • jīwakāla
  • jīwakṣaya
  • jīwamātra
  • labdhajīwa
  • punarjīwa
  • sadājīwa
  • swajīwa

Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦗꦶꦮ (jiwa)
  • → Balinese: ᬚᬶᬯ (jiwa)

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