banaspati
Balinese
Romanization
banaspati
- Romanization of ᬩᬦᬲ᭄ᬧᬢᬶ
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese ꦧꦤꦱ꧀ꦥꦠꦶ (banaspati, “fire-demon”) (compare Balinese ᬩᬦᬲ᭄ᬧᬢᬶ (banaspati, “a lord of demon”)), from Old Javanese banaspati (“wood-devil; big tree”), from Sanskrit वनस्पति (vanaspati, “name of a gandharvī”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [banasˈpati]
- Hyphenation: ba‧nas‧pa‧ti
Noun
banaspati (plural banaspati-banaspati, first-person possessive banaspatiku, second-person possessive banaspatimu, third-person possessive banaspatinya)
- (mythology) a kind of evil spirit with flame shapes like a fireball that often hovering in the night.
Further reading
- “banaspati” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Romanization
banaspati
- Romanization of ꦧꦤꦱ꧀ꦥꦠꦶ
Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वनस्पति (vanaspati, “name of a gandharvī”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /banaspati/
Noun
banaspati
- (mythology) wood-devil.
- big tree.
Descendants
- Javanese: ꦧꦤꦱ꧀ꦥꦠꦶ (banaspati, “fire-demon”)
- → Indonesian: banaspati
- → Balinese: ᬩᬦᬲ᭄ᬧᬢᬶ (banaspati, “a lord of demon”)