ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀

Javanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.məl.an/
• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation: ga‧mel‧an

Noun

ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀ (gamelan) (ngoko)

1. gamelan (genre of music)

   Synonym: (krama) ꦒꦁꦱ (gangsa)

Descendants

• → 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)

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “gamelan”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN