FromSanskritसज्जन(sajjana,“gentleman, virtuous man”). Compare toJavaneseꦱꦂꦗꦤ(sarjana,“scholar”) andOld Javanesesajjana(“scholar”). The change of cluster ⟨rj⟩ from ⟨jj⟩ probably reflecthypercorrection, seeconversion between Sanskrit and Pali forms.
sarjana (pluralsarjana-sarjana)
The word is part offalse friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due toshared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen inMalaysarjana.
sarjana
FromSanskritसज्जन(sajjana,“gentleman, virtuous man”).
sarjana (Jawi spellingسرجان,pluralsarjana-sarjanaorsarjana2)
The word is part offalse friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due toshared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen inIndonesiansarjana.
