hablur

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay hablur, from Portuguese or Spanish, from Arabic بِلَّوْر (billawr, “crystal”), from Persian بلور (bolur, “crystal”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (bylwl /⁠*bēlūr⁠/, “crystal”), from Pali veḷuriya, from Sanskrit वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hab̚ˈlʊr]
• Hyphenation: hab‧lur

Noun

hablur (plural hablur-hablur)

1. crystal.

   Synonym: kristal

2. (figurative) sparkling.

Alternative forms

• ablur

Derived terms

• berhablur
• menghablur
• menghablurkan
• penghablur
• penghabluran
• terhablur

Further reading

• “hablur” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.