slendro
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Javanese ꦱ꧀ꦭꦺꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦺꦴ (sléndro). In Javanese the term is said to derive either from "Sailendra", the name of the ruling family in the eighth and ninth centuries when Borobudur was built, or from its earlier being given by the god Sang Hyang Hendra.
Noun edit
slendro (uncountable)
- (music) A pentatonic scale, the older of the two most common scales used in Indonesian gamelan music, the other being pelog.
Anagrams edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Javanese ꦱ꧀ꦭꦺꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦺꦴ (sléndro).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
slendro (first-person possessive slendroku, second-person possessive slendromu, third-person possessive slendronya)
- (music) slendro: a pentatonic scale, the older of the two most common scales used in Indonesian gamelan music, the other being pelog.
Further reading edit
- “slendro” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
slendro
- Romanization of ꦱ꧀ꦭꦺꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦺꦴ