sāri

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सार (sāra, “soup; extract, essence”). Doublet of sāra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ri/
• Homophone: sari

Noun

sāri

1. quintessence
2. pollen
3. flower

Alternative forms

• sari

Derived terms

• asari
• asari-sari
• asāri
• santĕn
• sasaren
• sasari
• sinaren
• sinari-sari

• burat sari
• sinari mas
• urap sari

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦱꦫꦶ (sari) (inherited)
• → Balinese: ᬲᬭᬶ (sari, “milk”), ᬲᬵᬭᬶ (sari, “flower”)
• → Malay: sari
  • > Indonesian: sari (inherited)

Further reading

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