purī
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Old Javanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit पुरी (purī), पुर् (pur, “stronghold, fortress”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pŕ̥H, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pŕ̥H, from Proto-Indo-European *(t)pĺ̥H (“city, fortress, stronghold”). Doublet of pura.
Noun
[edit]purī
- castle (fortified building)
- palace, royal residence
- residential section of a palace
- town
- court
- capital
- kingdom
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- "purī" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.