Where does “ajar” come from?
ajar (Indonesian) comes from Javanese ꦲꦗꦂ, from Old Javanese ajar, from Sanskrit आचार्य, from Sanskrit आचार, from Sanskrit चार, from Sanskrit चर, from Sanskrit -अ, from Sanskrit भाग्य — Paleo-Balkan oak.
ajar (Indonesian): to teach
Definitions
- to teach
Ancestry of “ajar”, step by step
ajar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Javanese ꦲꦗꦂ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javanese | ꦲꦗꦂ | to learn, to do exercise, to receive training |
| 2 | Old Javanese | ajar | communication, information, announcement |
| 3 | Sanskrit | आचार्य | ‘knowing or teaching the आचार or rules’, a... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | आचार | conduct, manner of action, behaviour, good... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | चार | movement |
| 6 | Sanskrit | चर | secret emissary, spy, agent; wandering, walking,... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | -अ | — |
| 8 | Sanskrit | भाग्य | luck, destiny, fate, fortune, chance, welfare,... |
| 9 | Sanskrit | भाग | part, portion, share, allotment; compartment,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰāgás | division; allotment |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂gós | Paleo-Balkan oak |
via Malay ajar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | ajar | to teach |