Old Javanese Etymology Borrowed from Sanskrit श्वान (śvāna, “dog”). Noun śwāna dog Synonyms: añjiṅ, asu, camari, cambra, camra, camuru, sarama, śona, śwāna Alternative forms śona Descendants > Javanese: ꦱꦺꦴꦤ (sona) (inherited) Further reading "śwāna" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.