ꦱ꧀ꦭꦺꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦺꦴ

Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Old Javanese śailendra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slen.dro/
• Rhymes: -dro
• Hyphenation: slén‧dro

Noun

ꦱ꧀ꦭꦺꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦺꦴ (sléndro)

1. (music) slendro: a pentatonic scale, the older of the two most common scales used in Indonesian gamelan music, the other being pelog.

   Synonym: ꦱꦭꦺꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦺꦴ (saléndro)

Descendants

• → English: slendro
• → Indonesian: slendro

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “sléndro”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN