- IPA(key): [ˈlajar]
- Hyphenation:la‧yar
FromMalaylayar, fromProto-Malayic*layar, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*layaʀ, fromProto-Austronesian*layaʀ(“sail”).
layar (plurallayar-layar)
- (nautical)sail(a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
- curtain
- Synonyms:gorden,tabir,tirai
- screen: the viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation
- (drama)projection screen
- Synonyms:tirai,kelir
Figurative use oflayar(“sail”).
layar (plurallayar-layar)
- Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)
- Synonym:layaran
- keeltail needlefish (Platybelone argalus)
- Synonym:cucut
FromOld Javaneselayar.
layar
- sail
- lyre(1863 by Henry C. Folkard)
FromProto-Malayic*layar, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*layaʀ, fromProto-Austronesian*layaʀ.
Cognates
Cognate withIbanlayar,Mokenlayan,Sundaneselayar,Balineselayah,Acehneselayeuë,Tagaloglayag,Bikol Centrallayag,Cebuanolayag,Chamorrolayak,Malagasylay,Fijianlaca,Niueanlā,Samoanlā,Tonganlā,HawaiianlāMaorirā,Tahitianrā.
layar (Jawi spellingلاير,plurallayar-layar)
- (nautical) Asail(piece of fabric attached to a boat).
- By extension, the kind ofcloth used to makesails.
- Synonym:kain layar
- Ascreen(the viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation).
- Synonyms:skrin,kelir
- Acurtain.
- Synonyms:langsir,tirai
- "layar" inKamus Dewan, Fourth Edition,Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka,→ISBN, 2005.
- “layar” inPusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur:Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “لاير layar”, inA Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page594
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “layar”, inA Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages30-1
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*layaʀ.
layar
- sail
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*layaʀ, fromProto-Austronesian*layaʀ.
layar (Sundanese scriptᮜᮚᮁ)
- (nautical)sail(a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
- canvas,tarpaulin
