banaspati

== Balinese == === Etymology === Borrowed 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 (Balinese script ᬩᬦᬲ᭄ᬧᬢᬶ) (mythology) a lord of demon == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Javanese ꦧꦤꦱ꧀ꦥꦠꦶ (banaspati, “fire-demon”) (compare Balinese banaspati (“a lord of demon”)), from Old Javanese banaspati (“wood-devil; big tree”), from Sanskrit वनस्पति (vanaspati, “name of a gandharvī”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /banasˈpati/ [ba.nasˈpa.t̪i] Rhymes: -ati Syllabification: ba‧nas‧pa‧ti === Noun === banaspati (plural banaspati-banaspati) (mythology) a kind of evil spirit with flame shapes like a fireball that often hovering in the night (architecture, archaeology) such ornaments, usually placed on fences, gates, or entrances to buildings and temples === Further reading === “banaspati”, 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 === banaspati romanization of ꦧꦤꦱ꧀ꦥꦠꦶ == Old Javanese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Sanskrit वनस्पति (vanaspati, “name of a gandharvī”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /banaspati/ === Noun === banaspati big tree (mythology) wood-devil. ==== Descendants ==== Javanese: ꦧꦤꦱ꧀ꦥꦠꦶ (banaspati, “fire-demon”)→ Indonesian: banaspati → Balinese: ᬩᬦᬲ᭄ᬧᬢᬶ (banaspati, “a lord of demon”)