silir

Inherited from Malay silir, from Javanese silir, from Old Javanese silir.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsilir/ [ˈsi.lɪr]
• Rhymes: -ilir
• Syllabification: si‧lir

silir (comparative lebih silir, superlative paling silir)

1. cool, soft, soothing (of breeze)
2. (dialect: Java) unbalanced, one-sided

• “silir”, 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

silir

1. (archaic, Munster) second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of sil

Inherited from Old Javanese silir (“blowing; flowing; moving”).

• IPA^(key): /si.lɪr/
• Rhymes: -lɪr
• Hyphenation: si‧lir

silir

1. gentle, soft (of breeze)
2. slightly tilting (of balance scales)
3. thin (of onion outer skin)

silir

1. court official in charge of the palace lamp

• “silir”, in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.

Affixation of sa- +‎ ilir, hilir (“flowing, floating”).

• IPA^(key): /si.lɪr/
• Rhymes: -lɪr
• Hyphenation: si‧lir

silir

1. blowing
2. flowing
3. moving (gently)

• > Javanese: silir (inherited)

silír

1. room