priayi.
priyayi: the Dutch-era class of the nobles of the robe, as opposed to royal nobility or ningrat in Java
Meaning & usage
priyayi: the Dutch-era class of the nobles of the robe, as opposed to royal nobility or ningrat in Java
Where this word comes from
From Javanese ꦥꦿꦶꦪꦪꦶ (priyayi). * from Javanese para (ꦥꦫ, “group, plural marker”) + yayi (ꦪꦪꦶ, “[royal] younger sibling”). * borrowed from Sanskrit प्रिय (priya, “beloved”). Doublet of pria.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.