Old Javanese Etymology Borrowed from Sanskrit पातक (pātaka, “crime, loss of caste”). Pronunciation IPA(key): /pa.ta.ka/ Rhymes: -ka Homophones: pataka, pātaka, patāka Hyphenation: pā‧ta‧ka Noun pātaka sin crime misfortune Adjective pātaka criminal sinner Derived terms pātakakāraṇa Descendants > Javanese: ꦥꦠꦏ (pataka) (inherited) Further reading "pātaka" 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.