different between gamelan vs gameland

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gamelan, from Javanese gamelan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æ.m??læn/

Noun

gamelan (countable and uncountable, plural gamelans)

1. (music) A genre of music of Indonesian origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophones, drums, gongs and a bamboo flute (called a siuling).
2. An ensemble performing this style of music.

Translations

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese gamelan (??????).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?am??lan]
• Hyphenation: ga?mê?lan

Noun

gamelan (first-person possessive gamelanku, second-person possessive gamelanmu, third-person possessive gamelannya)

1. (music) gamelan:
   1. a genre of music of Indonesian, specifically Javanese, Balinese and Sundanese, origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophones, drums, gongs and a bamboo flute
   2. an ensemble performing this style of music.

Hyponyms

Further reading

• “gamelan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Etymology

gamel (“to strike, hit”) +? -an.

Noun

gamelan (ngoko gamelan, krama gangsa)

1. gamelan (genre of music)

Alternative forms

• ?????? (gamelan)

Descendants

• ? Malay: gamelan
  • ? Arabic: ??????????? (??m?l?n)
  • ? English: gamelan
  • ? Hindi: ????? (gamelan)
  • ? Irish: gamalan
  • ? Japanese: ???? (gamuran)
  • ? Russian: ???????? (gamelán)
  • ? Thai: ??????? (gaa-mee-lan)

Malay

Etymology

From Javanese gamelan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?amelan/
• Rhymes: -elan, -lan, -an

Noun

gamelan (Jawi spelling ??????, informal 1st possessive gamelanku, impolite 2nd possessive gamelanmu, 3rd possessive gamelannya)

1. gamelan (genre of music)

Descendants

• ? Arabic: ??????????? (??m?l?n)
• ? English: gamelan
• ? Hindi: ????? (gamelan)
• ? Irish: gamalan
• ? Japanese: ???? (gamuran)
• ? Russian: ???????? (gamelán)
• ? Thai: ??????? (gaa-mee-lan)

Further reading

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

French

Noun

gamelan m (plural gamelans)

1. gamelan

English

Etymology

game +? land

Noun

gameland (countable and uncountable, plural gamelands)

1. An expanse or area on which game can be hunted, or is plentiful.
2. (fandom slang, uncountable, rare) The world or sphere of video games.
   • 1995, Lary L. Myers, Keith Weiskamp, Amazing 3-D games adventure set

     To Keith and everyone at the Coriolis Group who took part in this project, and to everyone out there in gameland, I extend my heartfelt appreciation...

   • 2007, Seth Schiesel, A Game With New Tricks for an Old System (in New York Times, 16 March 2007)

     The PlayStation 2 still sells (and likely will for years, given its $130 price tag), but the buzz in gameland has moved on to “next-generation” machines like Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s own more than $500 PlayStation 3, which is packed with so much silicon that it makes its predecessor look like an alarm clock.

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