caraka
Balinese
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese ꦕꦫꦏ (caraka, “envoy”), from Old Javanese cāraka (“spy, emissary; servant, attendant”), from Sanskrit चरक (caraka, “wanderer”), चर् (car, “to move, to practise”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡ʃaˈraka]
- Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧ka
Noun
caraka (first-person possessive carakaku, second-person possessive carakamu, third-person possessive carakanya)
- envoy
- Javanese script
- general functional position in charge of recording and sending letters or documents sent to other agencies and administering proof of delivery.
Further reading
- “caraka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
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