arja

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

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

arja (Balinese script ᬅᬃᬚ)

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

• → Indonesian: arja

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

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

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

arja (plural arja-arja)

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

• arje

• “arja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

arja

1. romanization of ꦲꦂꦗ

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːr.ja/

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arja f (plural arjiet or arijiet)

1. air

   Synonym: hewwa

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

arja

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

• arĕja
• harja
• aharja
• rĕja

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

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