prasasti
See also: praśasti
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦿꦱꦱ꧀ꦠꦶ (prasasti, “ancient inscription”), from Old Javanese praśasti (“charter, edict, inscription”), from Sanskrit प्रशस्ति (praśasti, “eulogistic inscription”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /praˈsasti/ [praˈsas.t̪i]
- Rhymes: -asti
- Syllabification: pra‧sas‧ti
Noun
prasasti (plural prasasti-prasasti)
- (archaeology) stele, tall, slender stone monument
- epigraph
- Synonym: epigraf
Derived terms
- pemrasastian
Descendants
- → Malay: prasasti
Further reading
- “prasasti”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Javanese
Romanization
prasasti
- romanization of ꦥꦿꦱꦱ꧀ꦠꦶ
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Indonesian prasasti, from Javanese ꦥꦿꦱꦱ꧀ꦠꦶ (prasasti, “ancient inscription”), from Old Javanese praśasti (“charter, edict, inscription”), from Sanskrit प्रशस्ति (praśasti, “eulogistic inscription”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /praˈsasti/ [praˈsas.t̪i]
- Rhymes: -ti, -i
- Hyphenation: pra‧sas‧ti
Noun
prasasti (Jawi spelling ڤراسستي, plural prasasti-prasasti or prasasti2)
- (archaeology) stela
- Synonym: batu bersurat
- epigraph
- Synonym: epigraf
Further reading
- "prasasti" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017