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balur.

rock-crystal

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbalur/Standard-Indonesian[ˈba.lʊr]Standard-Indonesian
  1. rock-crystal

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Dravidian *weḷ Proto-Dravidian *ūr Proto-Dravidian *weḷ-ūr Pali -iya Pali veḷuriyabor. Middle Persian bylwl (/⁠*bēlūr⁠/) Classical Persian بَلّور (ballōr)bor. Malay balur Indonesian balur Inherited from Malay balur, borrowed from Classical Persian بَلّور (ballōr), from Middle Persian bylwl (/⁠*bēlūr⁠/), borrowed from Pali veḷuriya, from Proto-Dravidian *weḷ-ūr (name of a city) + Pali -iya. Doublet of baiduri and hablur

noun/ˈbalur/Standard-Indonesian[ˈba.lʊr]Standard-Indonesian
  1. liniment, embrocation

Where this word comes from

From Sundanese ᮘᮜᮥᮁ (balur).

noun/ˈbalur/Standard-Indonesian[ˈba.lʊr]Standard-Indonesian
  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 caused by fighting sports or blunt objects (direct) and/or earthquakes (indirect)

Where this word comes from

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 *qaluR, from the root *-luʀ. Doublet of alur.

noun/ˈbalur/Standard-Indonesian[ˈba.lʊr]Standard-Indonesian
  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

Where this word comes from

From Malay balur, probably as extension to Etymology 1.

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