arja

See also: Arja and árja

Balinese

Balinese Wikipedia has an article on:

arja

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Etymology

From Old Javanese arja, arjya, rĕja (“good, beautiful, fortunate”), probably from Sanskrit ऋज् (ṛj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈard͡ʒə]
• Hyphenation: ar‧ja

Noun

arja (Balinese script ᬅᬃᬚ)

1. (drama) a Balinese dramatic performance, but often only a dance.

Descendants

• → Indonesian: arja

Further reading

• “arja”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

arja

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Etymology

Borrowed from Balinese arja, probably from Sanskrit ऋज् (ṛj).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈard͡ʒa/ [ˈar.d͡ʒa]
• Rhymes: -ard͡ʒa
• Syllabification: ar‧ja

Noun

arja (plural arja-arja)

1. (drama) a Balinese dramatic performance, but often only a dance

Alternative forms

• arje

Further reading

• “arja”, 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

arja

1. romanization of ꦲꦂꦗ

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian ària, metathesis of an earlier àira, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr). Doublet of ajru

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːr.ja/

• Audio (Gozo):

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• Rhymes: -aːrja

Noun

arja f (plural arjiet or arijiet)

1. air

   Synonym: hewwa

Related terms

• ajruport
• malajr (probably)

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Sanskrit ऋज् (ṛj, “to direct, to stretch”) or Sanskrit अर्ज् (arj, “to be of good health”, literally “to procure, acquire, obtain”).

Adjective

arja

1. nice
2. pretty
3. handsome
4. beautiful
5. attractive
6. well arranged, well adapted
7. fitting
8. harmonious

Alternative forms

• arĕja
• harja
• aharja
• rĕja

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦲꦂꦗ (arja), ꦉꦗ (reja) (inherited)
• → Balinese: arja

Further reading

• "arja" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.