bujangga

bujangga

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• boedjangga (pre-1947)
• budjangga (pre-1967)

Etymology

From Malay bujangga, from Classical Malay bujangga, from Javanese bujangga, from Old Javanese bhujangga.

• A possible corruption of Sanskrit पूजाङ्ग (pūjāṅga) from पूजा (pūjā) +‎ अङ्ग (aṅga); doublet of pujangga.
• A possible corruption of Old Javanese bujaṅ, wujaṅ (“young (unmarried) person”); doublet of bujang. According to van der Kroef (1950), this was happened due to Sanskritization of Javanese court.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.d͡ʒaŋ.ɡa/
• Hyphenation: bu‧jang‧ga

Noun

bujangga

1. (obsolete) priest, sage
2. (dated) poet

References

1. Justus M. van der Kroef (1950-04), “The Javanese Term Boedjangga”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society‎, volume 70, issue 2, DOI:10.2307/595535, page 73

Further reading

• “bujangga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.