balur
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbalʊr/
- Hyphenation: ba‧lur
- Rhymes: -lʊr, -ʊr, -r
Etymology 1
From Malay balur, from Persian بلور (ballūr, “crystal; beryl”).[1]
Noun
balur (plural balur-balur, first-person possessive balurku, second-person possessive balurmu, third-person possessive balurnya)
- 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)
- hide: the skin of an animal.
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
References
- Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018), “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation, page 117-144
Further reading
- “balur” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.