ꦕꦶꦠꦿ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese citra (“variegated, many-coloured, bright-coloured, extraordinary appearance; painting, picture, sketch, delineation; letter”), from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “picture”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.trɔ/
  • Rhymes: -trɔ
  • Hyphenation: ci‧tra

Noun

ꦕꦶꦠꦿ (citra)

  1. (archaic) structure
  2. (archaic) appearance, form, shape
  3. (archaic) writing
  4. (archaic) illustration

Derived terms

Further reading
  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “citra”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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