layar

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlajar/ [ˈla.jar]
• Rhymes: -ajar
• Syllabification: la‧yar

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

layar (plural layar-layar)

1. (nautical) sail (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
2. curtain

   Synonyms: gorden, tabir, tirai

3. screen: the viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation
4. (drama) projection screen

   Synonyms: tirai, kelir

Figurative use of layar (“sail”).

layar (plural layar-layar)

1. Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)

   Synonym: layaran

2. keeltail needlefish (Platybelone argalus)

   Synonym: cucut

• serambi

• “layar” 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.

From Old Javanese layar.

layar

1. sail

• lyre (1863 by Henry C. Folkard)

From Proto-Malayic *layar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ.

• IPA^(key): [la.ja(r)]
• Rhymes: -ja(r), -a(r)
• Hyphenation: la‧yar

layar (Jawi spelling لاير, plural layar-layar)

1. (nautical) A sail (piece of fabric attached to a boat).
   1. By extension, the kind of cloth used to make sails.

      Synonym: kain layar

2. A screen (the viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation).

   Synonyms: skrin, kelir

3. A curtain.

   Synonyms: langsir, tirai

• Indonesian: layar

• "layar" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “layar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “لاير layar”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 594
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “layar”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 30-1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ.

layar

1. sail

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ.

layar (Sundanese script ᮜᮚᮁ)

1. (nautical) sail (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
2. canvas, tarpaulin

• "layar" in Maman Sumantri, Atjep Djamaludin, Achmad Patoni, R.H. Moch. Koerdie, M.O. Koesman, Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia
• "LAJAR", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij