gelar

Borrowed from Old Javanese gĕlar.

• IPA^(key): /ɡə.lar/

gelar (Balinese script ᬕᭂᬮᬃ)

1. arrange, spread out
2. order, regulation
3. strengthening
4. ambush, enclosure
5. battle-order
6. feast necessities
7. stake

• “gelar” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Inherited from Old Catalan gelar, from Latin gelāre (“freeze”). Compare Occitan gelar, French geler, Aragonese chelar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒeˈlaɾ]

gelar (first-person singular present gelo, first-person singular preterite gelí, past participle gelat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to freeze

• gel

• “gelar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “gelar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “gelar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gelar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Latin gelāre.

gelar (ORB, broad)

1. to freeze

2=gel
5=avêr

• gelâ

• geler in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• gelar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlar/ [ɡəˈlar]
• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: ge‧lar

Inherited from Malay gelar, from Proto-Malayic *ɡəlar.

gêlar (plural gelar-gelar)

1. title (of a name)
2. nickname that relates to one's characteristics or condition

   Synonym: sebutan

3. (education) degree: a stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university/college, as a certification of academic achievement

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦼꦭꦂ (gelar, “array, layout, deployment”), from Old Javanese gĕlar (“laying out; deployment, battle-array”, literally “spreading”).

gêlar (plural gelar-gelar)

1. deployment

gêlar

1. to spread

   Synonym: hampar

2. to hold (to organise an event or meeting)

• “gelar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

gelar

1. to freeze
2. to ice

• disgelar (“to de-ice, to defrost”)

gelar

1. romanization of ꦒꦼꦭꦂ

Compare Toba Batak goar, Simalungun Batak goran, Malay gelar.

• IPA^(key): [ɡəˈlar]

gelar

1. name

• Ahmad Samin Siregar et al. (2001). Kamus Bahasa Karo–Indonesia. Medan: Balai Pustaka, p. 63.

• gĕlar (1924-1972)

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlar/ [ɡəˈlar]
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈla(r)/ [ɡəˈla(r)]
• Rhymes: -ar, -a
• Hyphenation: ge‧lar

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *ɡəlar.

First attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (galar) in inflected form nigalarku

gelar (Jawi spelling ݢلر, plural gelar-gelar)

1. title (of a name).

   E.g. Tengku, Datuk, Tun

2. nickname that relates to one's characteristics or condition.

   E.g. si kedekut (the greedy one), si bodoh (the stupid one)

• galar (Minangkabau Malay)

• > Indonesian: gelar (“title”) (inherited)
• → Tausug: gulal

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦼꦭꦂ (gelar).

gelar (Jawi spelling ݢلر)

1. informal form of menggelar (“to lay out”)

gelar (Jawi spelling ݢلر, plural gelar-gelar)

1. (dialectal, Pahang) reason

   Synonym: sebab

• “gelar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Learned borrowing from Latin gelāre, from gelu (“frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). By surface analysis, gelo +‎ -ar. Doublet of the inherited gear.

• Hyphenation: ge‧lar

gelar (first-person singular present gelo, first-person singular preterite gelei, past participle gelado)

1. (intransitive) to freeze (become solid due to low temperature)

   Synonyms: congelar, enregelar, regelar

   Antonyms: degelar, derreter, descongelar

2. (intransitive) to become cold

   Synonyms: esfriar, refrigerar, resfriar

   Antonym: esquentar

3. (transitive) to cause to become cold
4. (intransitive) to become dispassionate

   Synonyms: desalentar, desanimar, emudecer, esmorecer

5. (intransitive) to freeze (become motionless)

   Synonym: congelar

• “gelar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “gelar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “gelar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “gelar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “gelar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “gelar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Compare to Malay gelar.

gelar (Sundanese script ᮌᮨᮜᮁ)

1. title (of a name)