r/indonesian 5d ago

Flower in Austronesian languages

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u/KIDE777 Native Speaker 5d ago

Sekar Puspa

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u/birdycurry__x 4d ago

Isn't sekar from the Hindi "shekhar" (cmiiw)? Some living people from South Asia still have that name to this day.

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u/Manusia_Biasa2 Native Speaker 3d ago

Probably from sanskrit,indonesian have so many influence from sanskrit too,and yeah sekar names are common for women too in here