beskap

Indonesian

A man wears black beskap.

Etymology

From Javanese ꦧꦼꦱ꧀ꦏꦥ꧀ (beskap), probably from Dutch beschaafd (“cultured; courteous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛskap̚]
• Hyphenation: bès‧kap

Noun

bèskap (first-person possessive beskapku, second-person possessive beskapmu, third-person possessive beskapnya)

1. Javanese formal men shirt: thick shirts, not folded collars, usually dark in color, but almost always plain.

Further reading

• “beskap” 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

Romanization

beskap

1. Romanization of ꦧꦼꦱ꧀ꦏꦥ꧀