paksa.
compulsion
Meaning & usage
compulsion
violence
good time
side, faction
Where this word comes from
From Malay paksa, from Classical Malay paksa, from Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pakšás, from Proto-Indo-European *peg-só-s, from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”). Possibly distantly related to English fuck. * Mostly displaced native desak (“to force”, literally “to urge”).
a unit of time of 15 days
Where this word comes from
From Javanese ꦥꦏ꧀ꦱ (paksa), from Old Javanese pakṣa (“the half of a lunar month”), from Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa, “the half of a lunar month”), see previous etymology for continuation.
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