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Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Malay balur, from Persian بلور (ballur, “crystal; beryl”).[1]
Noun
balur (plural balur-balur, first-person possessive balurku, second-person possessive balurmu, third-person possessive balurnya)
- rock-crystal
- Synonyms: hablur, kristal
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Malay balur, probably as extension to Etymology 1.
Noun
balur (plural balur-balur, first-person possessive balurku, second-person possessive balurmu, third-person possessive balurnya)
- hide: the skin of an animal.
- jerky: lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.
- Synonym: dendeng
Etymology 3
From Sundanese ᮘᮜᮥᮁ (balur).
Noun
balur (plural balur-balur, first-person possessive balurku, second-person possessive balurmu, third-person possessive balurnya)
- liniment, embrocation.
Derived terms
Etymology 4
From Javanese ꦧꦭꦸꦂ, ꦧꦼꦭꦸꦂ (balur, belur, “black-and-blue”) (compare Javanese ꦮꦼꦭꦸꦂ (welur, “row”)), from Old Javanese wĕlur (“thick stream”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qaluʀ, from the root *-luʀ. Doublet of alur.
Noun
balur (plural balur-balur, first-person possessive balurku, second-person possessive balurmu, third-person possessive balurnya)
- bruise: A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
References
- ^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144
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