hanacaraka

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noun

The traditional arrangement of the letters of the Javanese and Balinese scripts.

OriginJavanese ꦲꦤꦕꦫꦏ →
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Meanings

nounhanacaraka (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe traditional arrangement of the letters of the Javanese and Balinese scripts.

    Just as our costume changes, so too do they want to dispense with the hanacaraka script.

    1987, Paul Tickell, The Indonesian Press: Its Past, Its People, Its Problems

Origin

  1. Javaneseꦲꦤꦕꦫꦏ
  2. Englishhanacaraka

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦤꦕꦫꦏ (hanacaraka).

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APA

hanacaraka. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hanacaraka

MLA

“hanacaraka.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hanacaraka. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hanacaraka,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hanacaraka.

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