purbakala
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay purbakala, from Sanskrit पूर्वकाल (pūrvakāla, “former or previous time”), equivalent to purba- + kala.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /purbaˈkala/ [pur.baˈka.la]
- Rhymes: -ala
- Syllabification: pur‧ba‧ka‧la
Noun
purbakala (plural purbakala-purbakala)
Derived terms
- kepurbakalaan
Further reading
- “purbakala”, 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