śāka

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ka/
• Rhymes: -ka
• Homophones: saka, sakhā, śaka, śākhā
• Hyphenation: śā‧ka

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

Etymology 3

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.