slendro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱ꧀ꦭꦺꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦺꦴ (sléndro). In Javanese the term is said to derive either from "Sailendra", the name of the ruling family in the eighth and ninth centuries when Borobudur was built, or from its earlier being given by the god Sang Hyang Hendra.

Noun

slendro (uncountable)

1. (music) A pentatonic scale, the older of the two most common scales used in Indonesian gamelan music, the other being pelog.

Anagrams

• Lordens, Nolders, rondels, rondles

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱ꧀ꦭꦺꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦺꦴ (sléndro).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slɛn.dro/
• Rhymes: -dro
• Hyphenation: slen‧dro

Noun

slendro (uncountable)

1. (music) slendro: a pentatonic scale, the older of the two most common scales used in Indonesian gamelan music, the other being pelog.

Further reading

• “slendro” 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

Romanization

slendro

1. Romanization of ꦱ꧀ꦭꦺꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦺꦴ