balur

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalʊr/
• Hyphenation: ba‧lur
• Rhymes: -lʊr, -ʊr, -r

Etymology 1

From Malay balur, from Persian بلور (ballur, “crystal; beryl”).

Noun

balur (plural balur-balur, first-person possessive balurku, second-person possessive balurmu, third-person possessive balurnya)

1. rock-crystal

   Synonyms: hablur, kristal

Derived terms

• membalur
• pembalur

 

Etymology 2

From Malay balur, probably as extension to Etymology 1.

Noun

balur (plural balur-balur, first-person possessive balurku, second-person possessive balurmu, third-person possessive balurnya)

1. hide: the skin of an animal.
2. jerky: lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.

   Synonym: dendeng

Etymology 3

From Sundanese ᮘᮜᮥᮁ (balur).

Noun

balur (plural balur-balur, first-person possessive balurku, second-person possessive balurmu, third-person possessive balurnya)

1. liniment, embrocation.

Derived terms

• baluran
• membalur
• membaluri
• membalurkan
• pembaluran

 

• balur badan

 

Related terms

• lulur

 

Etymology 4

From Javanese ꦧꦭꦸꦂ, ꦧꦼꦭꦸꦂ (balur, belur, “black-and-blue”) (compare Javanese ꦮꦼꦭꦸꦂ (welur, “row”)), from Old Javanese wĕlur (“thick stream”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qaluʀ, from the root *-luʀ. Doublet of alur.

Noun

balur (plural balur-balur, first-person possessive balurku, second-person possessive balurmu, third-person possessive balurnya)

1. bruise: A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.

Alternative forms

• bêlur

Further reading

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