kelas

Borrowed from English class.

• IPA^(key): /kəlas/

kelas

1. class
2. classroom

inherited from Malay kelas from Dutch klas (“classroom”) and klasse (“class”)^[1] later influenced by English class, from French classe, from Middle French classe, from Latin classis. Doublet of klasis.

• Semantic loan from English class for all senses other than “classroom” and “grade”.

• Rhymes: -as

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˈlas/ [kəˈlas]

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• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: ke‧las

kêlas (plural kelas-kelas)

1. class,
   1. a group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes
   2. (sociology) a social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.
   3. (education) a group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year
   4. a series of lessons covering a single subject
   5. a category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation
   6. (taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank
   7. (set theory) a collection of sets definable by a shared property

      Synonym: keluarga

   8. (object-oriented programming) a set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state), or a template defining such a set
2. (education) ellipsis of ruang kelas (“classroom, a room, often in a school, where classes take place”)
3. (education) grade, a level of primary and secondary education
4. level
5. degree

• klas

• “kelas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from Dutch klas and klasse^[1] later reinforced by English class,^[2] from Middle French classe, from Latin classis.

• (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /kəˈlas/ [kəˈlas]
• Rhymes: -las, -as
• Hyphenation: ke‧las

kelas (plural kelas-kelas or kelas²)

1. class
   1. a group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
   2. (~ masyarakat) (sociology) a social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.

      Synonym: darjat

   3. (education) a group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year.
   4. a series of lessons covering a single subject.
   5. a category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation
   6. (taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank.
   7. (set theory) a collection of sets definable by a shared property.
   8. (object-oriented programming) a set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state), or a template defining such a set.
      • 2012 November, Nursyahidah Alias, Nor Zalina Ismail, Mohd Rizal Razak, “Pengalaman Menggunakan Perisian Alice dalam Memperkenalkan Pengaturcaraan Berorientasikan Objek”, in Prosiding KONAKA 2012‎^[2], Kuantan, Pahang, pages 229–236:

        Perisian tersebut mempunyai pakej yang telah sedia ada dengan pelbagai kelas.

        The aforementioned software has packages that have been ready-made with various classes.

2. (education) ellipsis of ruang kelas (“classroom, a room, often in a school, where classes take place”)

   Synonym: bilik darjah

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

kelas (Jawi spelling کلس, comparative lebih kelas, superlative paling kelas)

1. of tides: still, at its highest flow before the ebb

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “کلس kĕlas”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 85
• Wilkinson, R. J. (1901-1903), “كلس kĕlas”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Singapore; Hong Kong; Shanghai; Yokohama: Kelly & Walsh Ltd., page 283
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “kĕlas”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 534

• “kelas”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN
• "kelas" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

këlas

1. to fade; to lose original qualities

kelas

1. genitive plural of kel