gamelan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese gamelan, from Old Javanese gamĕlan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡæməˌlæn/, /ˈɡæməˌlɑn/

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

gamelan (countable and uncountable, plural gamelans)

1. (music) A genre of music of Indonesian origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophones, drums, gongs and a bamboo flute (called a suling).
2. An ensemble performing this style of music.

Derived terms

• gamelanlike

Translations

genre of music

• Arabic: غَامِيلَان m (ḡāmīlān)
• Balinese: gamelan
• Catalan: gamelan (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甘美蘭 / 甘美兰 (gānměilán)

• Hindi: गामलान (gāmlān)
• Indonesian: gamelan (id)
• Irish: gamalan m
• Japanese: ガムラン (gamuran)
• Javanese: ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀ (gamelan)

  Old Javanese: gamêlan

• Malay:

  Jawi: ݢميلن

  Rumi: gamelan

• Polish: gamelan m
• Russian: гамела́н (ru) m (gamelán)
• Spanish: gamelán m
• Sundanese: ᮌᮙᮨᮜᮔ᮪ (gamelan)
• Thai: กาเมลัน (gaa-mee-lan)

ensemble

• Balinese: gamelan
• Indonesian: gamelan (id)
• Irish: gamalan m
• Javanese: ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀ (gamelan)

  Old Javanese: gamêlan

• Polish: gamelan m
• Sundanese: ᮌᮙᮨᮜᮔ᮪ (gamelan)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡam.lan/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

gamelan m (plural gamelans)

1. gamelan

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay gamelan, from Javanese ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀ (gamelan), from Old Javanese gamĕlan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡaməˈlan/ [ɡa.məˈlan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ga‧me‧lan

Noun

gamelan (plural gamelan-gamelan)

1. (music) gamelan:
   1. a genre of traditional Indonesian music; specifically Javanese, Balinese and Sundanese origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophones, drums, gongs and a bamboo flute
   2. an ensemble performing this style of music

Hyponyms

• gamelan bumbung
• gamelan sekaten
• gamelan tanjidor

Further reading

• “gamelan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

gamelan

1. romanization of ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀ (gamelan), from Old Javanese gamĕlan. Ambiguity in the Latin orthography and the phonotactic restriction on having /ə/ in closed root-final syllable (usually adapted to /a/ in earlier borrowings from Javanese) triggered the spelling pronunciation with /e/. Compare Banjarese gamalan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡamelan/
• Rhymes: -elan, -lan, -an

Noun

gamelan (Jawi spelling ݢميلن, uncountable)

1. (music) gamelan (genre of music)

Further reading

• "gamelan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "gamelan" at PRPM first version)