sāra

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sara"

Old Javanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सार (sāra, “core or pith; firmness, strength, power, energy”). Doublet of sāri.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sa.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ra
  • Homophones: sara, śara
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ra

Noun

sāra

  1. core, pith
  2. energy, firmness, power, strength.

Adjective

sāra

  1. chief, essential
  2. energetic, firm, powerful, strong
  3. capable

Derived terms
  • adan sara
  • asara
  • asara-sara
  • asāra
  • asāra-sāra
  • kasaran
  • masāra
  • pasāra-sāra
  • saha sara
  • sasara
  • sināra
  • tan asara
  • tan pasāra
  • tan sāra

Descendants
  • → Balinese: ᬲᬵᬭ (sara, “energy”)

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