abiseka

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦧꦶꦱꦺꦏ (abiséka), from Old Javanese abhiṣeka, from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeka, “sprinkling, watering, wetting; anointing, inaugurating or consecrating by sprinkling water; coronation, inauguration, installation; etc.”); compare Pali abhiseka (“anointing, consecration, inauguration”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abi.se.ka/
• Hyphenation: abi‧sé‧ka

Noun

abiseka

1. (Hinduism) ceremony of watering, related to coronation, inauguration, installation; etc.

Further reading

• “abiseka”, 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

abiseka

1. alternative spelling of abiséka, romanization of ꦲꦧꦶꦱꦺꦏ