purwa

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Balinese

Romanization

purwa

  1. Romanization of ᬧᬹᬃᬯ᭄ᬯ

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

purwa

  1. old, beginning, previous.
    Synonyms: mula-mula, permulaan, dahulu

Noun

purwa (first-person possessive purwaku, second-person possessive purwamu, third-person possessive purwanya)

  1. a type of wayang

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

purwa

  1. Romanization of ꦥꦸꦂꦮ