jalma

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जन्म, जन्मन् (janma, janman, “birth, production, origin”). Doublet of janma.

Noun

jalma

1. birth, incarnation
2. creature
3. man

Alternative forms

• janma

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦗꦭ꧀ꦩ (jalma) (inherited)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• enjalma

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *salma, from Latin sagma, from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxalma/ [ˈxal.ma]
• Rhymes: -alma
• Syllabification: jal‧ma

Noun

jalma f (plural jalmas)

1. saddlecloth, soft saddle

Derived terms

• enjalmar (“to put the saddlecloth on”)
• sobrejalma (“additional saddleblanket on top”)

Further reading

• “jalma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes	jalmi
lemes ka sorangan	{{{les}}}
lemes ka batur	{{{leb}}}
loma	jalma, jelema
cohag	{{{co}}}

Alternative forms

• jelema

Etymology

From Old Sundanese janma, from Sanskrit जन्म (janma). Cognate of Balinese jelema (“people, human”), Javanese ꦗꦤ꧀ꦩ (janma, “human, people”), Indonesian jelma (“incarnation; to incarnate into”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒal.ma/

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Noun

jalma (Sundanese script ᮏᮜ᮪ᮙ)

1. human; person

   Synonyms: urang, manusa

Further reading

• "DJALMA", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij