śāka

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit शाक (śāka, “vegetable”), शाखा (śākhā, “vegetable”, literally “branch”).

Noun

śāka

  1. vegetable, greens

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, “teak”, literally “branch”).

Noun

śāka

  1. teak

Noun

śāka

  1. Alternative spelling of śaka (“Shaka year”)

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