gamelan

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡæ.məˌlæn/

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gamelan (countable and uncountable, plural gamelans)

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.

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gamelan m (plural gamelans)

1. gamelan

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

• IPA^(key): [ɡaməˈlan]
• Hyphenation: ga‧mê‧lan

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.

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

Inherited from Old Javanese gamelan, gamel (“to strike, hit”) +‎ -an.

gamelan (ngoko gamelan, krama gangsa)

1. gamelan (genre of music)

• ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀ (gamelan)

• → 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)

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

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

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

1. gamelan (genre of music)

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

From gamêl (“to strike, hit”) +‎ -an.

gamelan (ngoko gamêlan, krama gångså)

1. gamelan (genre of music)

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