gamelan

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English

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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

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Pronunciation

Noun

gamelan m (plural gamelans)

  1. gamelan

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

gamelan (uncountable)

  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

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

gamelan

  1. Romanization of ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. (music) gamelan (genre of music)

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

From gamêl (“to strike, hit”) +‎ -an.

Noun

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gamelan

  1. gamelan (genre of music)

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