Save Gender Masculine Usage Indonesian, Javanese Scripts ꦏꦿꦶꦱ꧀ꦤꦧꦿꦠ(Javanese) Pronounced Pron. krees-no-BRO-to [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Sanskrit कृष्णव्रत (Kṛṣṇavrata) meaning "devoted to Krishna", derived from the name of the Hindu deity Krishna combined with व्रत (vratá) "will, command" or "vow".