balur

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Malay balur, from Persian بلور (ballur, crystal; beryl).[1]

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
  • 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

References

  1. 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 (in Persian), pages 117-144

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