layar

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: la‧yar

Etymology 1

From Malay layar, from Proto-Malayic *layar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ (“sail”).

Noun

layar (plural layar-layar, first-person possessive layarku, second-person possessive layarmu, third-person possessive layarnya)

  1. (nautical) sail (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
  2. curtain
    Synonyms: gorden, tabir, tirai
  3. screen: the viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
  4. (drama) projection screen
    Synonyms: tirai, kelir
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Figurative use of layar (“sail”).

Noun

layar (plural layar-layar, first-person possessive layarku, second-person possessive layarmu, third-person possessive layarnya)

  1. Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus).
    Synonym: layaran
  2. keeltail needlefish (Platybelone argalus).
    Synonym: cucut

See also

References

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese layar.

Noun

layar

  1. sail

Malay

Alternative forms

  • lyre (1863 by Henry C. Folkard)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *layar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ.

cognates

Cognate with Iban layar, Moken layan, Sundanese ᮜᮚᮁ (layar), Balinese layah, Acehnese layeuë, Tagalog layag, Bikol Central layag, Cebuano layag, Chamorro layak, Malagasy lay, Fijian laca, Niuean lā, Samoan lā, Tongan lā, Hawaiian lā Maori rā, Tahitian rā.

Pronunciation

Noun

layar (Jawi spelling لاير, plural layar-layar, informal 1st possessive layarku, 2nd possessive layarmu, 3rd possessive layarnya)

  1. (nautical) sail (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
  2. screen (the viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation)
    Synonyms: skrin, kelir

Verb

layar (used in the form belayar)

  1. (intransitive) to sail (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)
  2. (transitive) to browse (the Internet)
    Synonym: lungsur

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

  • Indonesian: layar

References

  • "layar" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
  • “layar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “لاير layar”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 594
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “layar”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 30-1

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ.

Noun

layar

  1. sail
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