gamelan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀ (gamelan), from Old Javanese gamelan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡæ.məˌlæn/

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Noun

gamelan (countable and uncountable, plural gamelans) (Jawi spelling ݢميلن)

1. (music) A genre of music of Indonesian origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophones, drums, gongs and a bamboo flute (called a siuling).
2. An ensemble performing this style of music.

Translations

genre of music

• Arabic: غَامِيلَان m (ḡāmīlān)
• Balinese: ᬕᬫᭂᬮᬦ᭄ (gamêlan)
• Catalan: gamelan (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甘美蘭／甘美兰 (gānměilán)

• Hindi: गमेलन (gamelan)
• Indonesian: gamelan (id)
• Irish: gamalan m
• Japanese: ガムラン (gamuran)
• Javanese: ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀ (gamelan)
• Malay:

  Jawi: ݢميلن

  Rumi: gamelan

• Old Javanese: gamêlan
• Russian: гамела́н (ru) m (gamelán)
• Spanish: gamelán m
• Sundanese: ᮌᮙᮨᮜᮔ᮪ (gamelan)
• Thai: กาเมลัน (gaa-mee-lan)

ensemble

• Balinese: ᬕᬫᭂᬮᬦ᭄ (gamêlan)
• Indonesian: gamelan (id)
• Irish: gamalan m
• Javanese: ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀ (gamelan)
• Old Javanese: gamêlan
• Sundanese: ᮌᮙᮨᮜᮔ᮪ (gamelan)

French

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Noun

gamelan m (plural gamelans)

1. gamelan

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀ (gamelan), from Old Javanese gamelan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaməlan/ [ˈɡa.mə.lan]
• Rhymes: -aməlan
• Syllabification: ga‧me‧lan

Noun

gamelan (first-person possessive gamelanku, second-person possessive gamelanmu, third-person possessive gamelannya)

1. (music) gamelan:
   1. a genre of traditional Indonesian music; specifically Javanese, Balinese and Sundanese origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophones, drums, gongs and a bamboo flute
   2. an ensemble performing this style of music.

Hyponyms

• gamelan bumbung
• gamelan sekaten
• gamelan tanjidor

 

Further reading

• “gamelan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

gamelan

1. Romanization of ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀ (gamelan), from Old Javanese gamelan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡamelan/
• Rhymes: -elan, -lan, -an

Noun

gamelan (Jawi spelling ݢميلن, informal 1st possessive gamelanku, 2nd possessive gamelanmu, 3rd possessive gamelannya)

1. (music) gamelan (genre of music)

Further reading

• “gamelan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old Javanese

Etymology

From gamêl (“to strike, hit”) +‎ -an.

Noun

gamelan

1. gamelan (genre of music)

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀ (gamelan)
• → Balinese: ᬕᬫᭂᬮᬦ᭄ (gamêlan)
• → Osing: gamelan
• → Tengger: gamelan