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layar.

sail (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlajar/Standard-Indonesian[ˈla.jar]Standard-Indonesian
  1. sail (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

  2. curtain

  3. screen: the viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation

  4. projection screen

Where this word comes from

From Malay layar, from Proto-Malayic *layar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ (“sail”).

noun/ˈlajar/Standard-Indonesian[ˈla.jar]Standard-Indonesian
  1. Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)

  2. keeltail needlefish (Platybelone argalus)

Where this word comes from

Figurative use of layar (“sail”).

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