ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀

Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.məl.an/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Hyphenation: ga‧mel‧an

Etymology 1

Affixation of ꦒꦩꦼꦭ꧀ (gamel, “to strike, to hit”) +‎ -ꦲꦤ꧀ (-an), inherited from Old Javanese gamĕlan.

Noun

ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀ (gamelan)

  1. (ngoko) gamelan (genre of music)
    Synonym: (krama) ꦒꦁꦱ (gangsa)
Descendants
  • → Arabic: غَامِيلَان (ḡāmīlān)
  • → English: gamelan
  • → Irish: gamelan
  • → Hindi: गमेलन (gamelan)
  • → Indonesian: gamelan
  • → Japanese: ガムラン (gamuran)
  • → Malay: gamelan
  • → Russian: гамела́н (gamelán)
  • → Thai: กาเมลัน (gaa-mee-lan)

Etymology 2

Affixation of ꦒꦩꦼꦭ꧀ (gamel, “groom”) +‎ -ꦲꦤ꧀ (-an)

Noun

ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀ (gamelan)

  1. the quarter where grooms live

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “gamelan”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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