racana

See also: rácana

Latin

Etymology

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Noun

rācāna f (genitive rācānae); first declension

1. garment, wrap

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rācāna	rācānae
Genitive	rācānae	rācānārum
Dative	rācānae	rācānīs
Accusative	rācānam	rācānās
Ablative	rācānā	rācānīs
Vocative	rācāna	rācānae

Descendants

• Dalmatian: recanjala

References

• racana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• racana in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रचन (racana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.t͡ʃa.na/
• Rhymes: -na
• Hyphenation: ra‧ca‧na

Noun

racana

1. arrangement, structure, construction, layout, design
2. literary composition, literary style
3. ornament, embellishment

Alternative forms

• rañcana

Derived terms

• aracana
• aṅracana
• karacana
• karacanan
• rinacana
• rumacana

 

• bhāṣaracana
• buddhiracana
• gṛharacana
• paramaracana
• parwaracana
• ramyaracana
• saṅgrāmaracana
• smararacana
• surarājyaracana
• swargaracana
• śabdaracana

 

Further reading

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