khara

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit खर (khara).

Pronunciation

Adjective

khara

  1. hard, harsh
  2. sharp
  3. acid;
  4. hot
  5. hurtful
  6. injurious

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Noun

khara

  1. donkey

Further reading

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit खर (khara).

Noun

khara m

  1. donkey
Declension

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit क्षर n (kṣara, water).

Noun

khara gender unattested

  1. water
Usage notes

Only attested as the first element of compounds. While it was probably neuter as in Sanskrit, it may also have been masculine, as in क्षर m (kṣara, cloud).

Declension
Derived terms