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Etymology

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From Malay pustaka, from Sanskrit पुस्तक (pustaka), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pōstaka, *pustaka. Doublet of pestaka and pustaha.

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pustaka (plural pustaka-pustaka, first-person possessive pustakaku, second-person possessive pustakamu, third-person possessive pustakanya)

  1. (rare) book.
    Synonyms: buku, kitab
  2. book of Javanese divination, the primbon.
  3. library
    1. (computing) a collection of software routines that provide functionality to be incorporated into or used by a computer program.
    2. (genetics) A collection of DNA material from a single organism or relative to a single disease.

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Javanese

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Romanization

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pustaka

  1. Romanization of ꦥꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦏ

Malay

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit पुस्तक (pustaka), from some Middle Iranian language. Doublet of pestaka.

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pustaka (Jawi spelling ڤوستاک, plural pustaka-pustaka, informal 1st possessive pustakaku, 2nd possessive pustakamu, 3rd possessive pustakanya)

  1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)
  2. (archaic) book of divination or sorcery.

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: pustaka

References

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  • Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, pages 149-150
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ڤستاک pĕstaka, pustaka or pistaka”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 461
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “pustaka”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 292

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