Bugis handle - translation script

[Green]

i have no idea... but this paper does not look like random scraps to pad the pendok to me... i may be wrong though...

[jagabuwana]

I agree with Green - it doesn't seem like the writer had a great command of written Arabic script. There are also some characters used fairly often that aren't in the Arabic alphabet. The character looks like a an inverted c with three dots under it, in an upside-down orientation to how they are normally used, as in for the letters "thaa" and "sheen". Nor do I think this is present in Jawi.

As Green mentioned it is also interesting that they've added tashkil / harakat (accents and symbols to guide pronunciation). The impression that I get is that this person doesn't speak Arabic or knows how to deploy it, but has learned how to read and write it (or at least the letters) in the context of learning the Qur'an when they were younger.

Still, this doesn't seem like random packing paper to me. It'd be really interesting to find out what the letter is. And it is indeed a letter because it says many times "ini surat" or "surat ini", meaning "this letter". It's hard for me to make out anything after that.

[Paul B.]

I would like to show a script on the warangka of a Djogja keris to be translated. Could anyone be of help again?

[Green]

it is arabic "shukran"... meaning thank you

[Paul B.]

"shukran" Green!
Script seen at the back of this Djogja scabbard but vanished after repolishing as it was not an intrinsic part of the kris.

[David]

Originally Posted by Paul B.

"shukran" Green!
Script seen at the back of this Djogja scabbard but vanished after repolishing as it was not an intrinsic part of the kris.

Frankly i think it is better that it did vanish. I'm not sure why someone would ink "thank you" onto their wrongko in that manner anyway.

[Hartadi]

Originally Posted by Paul B.

I would like to show a script on the warangka of a Djogja keris to be translated. Could anyone be of help again?

This is Arabic text for “Sukarna” I guess the writer try to write “Sukarno” instead of “sukarna” because of letter “ ن" read as “Nun” there is no “Harkah/text sign to read it for “no” but “na-nu-ni”