layar

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlajar]
• 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)

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

• berlayar
• berpelayaran
• melayari
• melayarkan
• pelayar
• pelayaran

• layar agung
• layar apit
• layar baca
• layar baksi
• layar batang
• layar belah
• layar belakang
• layar biru
• layar bubutan
• layar buka
• layar bulu ayam
• layar cucur
• layar dastur
• layar datar
• layar dekor
• layar depan
• layar gap
• layar gelas
• layar guli
• layar gusi
• layar haluan
• layar hijau
• layar jib
• layar kaca
• layar kristal
• layar kristal cair
• layar lebar
• layar monitor
• layar multisentuh
• layar padan
• layar panggung
• layar peka sentuh
• layar pengapuh
• layar penuh
• layar penyelamat
• layar penyorong
• layar perak
• layar peran
• layar pinggir
• layar plasma
• layar proyeksi
• layar pucuk jala
• layar radar
• layar sabang
• layar sebeng
• layar sentuh
• layar sentuh kapasitif
• layar sentuh resistif
• layar tabir
• layar tampilan
• layar tancap
• layar tanjak
• layar tanjung
• layar temberang
• layar terbang
• layar topang
• layar utama

Etymology 2

Figurative use of layar (“sail”).

Noun

layar (plural)

1. Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus).

   Synonym: layaran

2. keeltail needlefish (Platybelone argalus).

   Synonym: cucut

See also

• serambi

References

• “layar” 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.

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 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

• IPA^(key): [la.ja(r)]
• Rhymes: -ja(r), -a(r)
• Hyphenation: la‧yar

Noun

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

1. (nautical) A sail (piece of fabric attached to a boat).
   1. By extension, the kind of cloth used to make sails.

      Synonym: kain layar

2. A screen (the viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation).

   Synonyms: skrin, kelir

3. A curtain.

   Synonyms: langsir, tirai

Affixations

• belayar
• berlayar
• berpelayaran
• kepelayaran
• layaran
• layari
• layarkan
• pelayar
• pelayaran
• terlayar
• terlayari

Compounds

• layar agung
• layar apit
• layar batang
• layar bubutan / layar temberang
• layar bulu ayam
• layar cucur
• layar dastur / layar pinggir
• layar gap / layar gusi
• layar padau
• layar pengapuh
• layar penyorong / layar baksi
• layar perak / layar putih
• layar pucuk jala / layar tanjak / layar tanjung
• layar sabang
• layar terbang / layar top
• layar topang

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

Sundanese

Etymology

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

Noun

layar (Sundanese script ᮜᮚᮁ)

1. (nautical) sail (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
2. canvas, tarpaulin

Derived terms

• babar layar
• dilayaran
• gulung layar
• lalayaran
• layaran
• palayaran
• panglayar
• pasang layar

Further reading

• Maman Sumantri, et al. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia
• "LAJAR", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij