prabhāwa

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Old Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रभाव (prabhāva, importance; greatness; prowess; influence; impact).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pra.ba.wa/
  • Rhymes: -wa
  • Hyphenation: pra‧bhā‧wa

Noun[edit]

prabhāwa

  1. might, power, strength
  2. an extraordinary, supernatural potency
  3. light

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • > Javanese: ꦥꦿꦧꦮ (prabawa) (inherited)
    • Indonesian: perbawa

Further reading[edit]

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