apron

Internationalism, borrowed from English apron.

(drama) the portion of a stage extending towards the audience beyond the proscenium arch in a theatre.


mime

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch mime, from French mime, from Latin mimus, from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos).


agen

From Dutch agent, from French agent, from Latin agēns.

(drama) a person who looks for work for another person.


layar

From Malay layar, from Proto-Malayic *layar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ (“sail”).


katarsis

From Dutch catharsis, from Ancient Greek κάθαρσις (kátharsis, “cleansing, purging”), from καθαίρω (kathaírō, “I cleanse”).

der

(drama, literature) A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).


arja

From Balinese ᬅᬃᬚ (arja), probably from Sanskrit ऋज् (ṛj). Cognate of Old Javanese arjya, arja, rĕja (“good, beautiful, fortunate”).

cog

(drama) a Balinese dramatic performance, but often only a dance.


dramatis

Borrowed from Dutch dramatisch, from German dramatisch or French dramatique, from Latin dramaticus, from Ancient Greek δραματικός (dramatikós).

dramatic:
(drama) of or relating to the drama.


komedi

komédi (canonical)
komedi-komedi (plural)

From Malay komedi borrowed from Dutch komedie, from Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidía). Doublet of komidi.

(drama) a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone.

comedy:
(drama) the genre of such works.


dorama

Borrowed from Japanese ドラマ, from English drama. Doublet of drama.


latar

From Malay latar, from Javanese latar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dataʀ (“flat”), ultimately Proto-Austronesian *dataR (“flat, flat or level land”). Doublet of datar and rata.

der

(drama) the mounting of a play, etc., for the stage.


pantun

(drama) a Sundanese oral narrative performance.


produser

From Dutch producer, from English producer.

(art, drama) one who produces an artistic production like a CD, a theater production, a film, a TV program and so on.


paparan

(drama) protasis: the first part of a play, in which the setting and characters are introduced.


akting

From English acting, noun from
act, from Old French acte, from Latin ācta (“register of events”), plural of āctum (“decree, law”), from agō (“put in motion”).

(drama, colloquial) acting, the act of performing a role.


onagata

From Japanese 女形 (おんながた, onnagata, “onnagata”).

bor

(drama) onnagata, male actor who plays female roles in kabuki theater.


sutradara

From Sanskrit सूत्रधार (sūtradhāra, literally “thread-holder”).


primadona

From Italian prima donna (“first lady”).

(drama) the principal female singer or the leading lady.


kata kunci

Compound of kata (“word”) + kunci (“key”), calque of Dutch sleutelwoord (“keyword”).

clq

(information science, drama) any word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information.


senandika

sênandika (canonical)
senandika-senandika (plural)

Reconstructed as se- + meng- + andika, from Javanese ngandika (ꦔꦤ꧀ꦢꦶꦏ), andika (ꦲꦤ꧀ꦢꦶꦏ, “to tell”, literally “you”), from Old Javanese andika (“words, command, order, decree”). Calque of Late Latin sōliloquium (literally “only, sole + I speak”).

clq

(drama) soliloquy: the act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.


antawacana

From Javanese [Term?] (“dialog”), from Old Javanese antah + wacana, from Sanskrit अंतः (aṃtaḥ) + वचन (vacana). Reconstructed as antah + wacana.


ketoprak

(drama) a theatrical genre of Java featuring actors who may also sing to the accompaniment of the gamelan, depicting stories mainly drawn from Javanese history plays, with improvised spoken dialogue in modern realistic acting and a clown who comments on current public topics.


akuene

(dance, drama) shield in Cakalele dance.


komedi stambul

Compound of komedi (“comedy”) + stambul (literally “Istanbul”).

com

(drama) a 20ᵗʰ-century Malay play, which was inspired by Western play.


stambul

Ultimately from Ottoman Turkish استانبول, from corruption of Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”).

der

εἰς τὴν Πόλιν

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lakuan

(drama, literature) expression: The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.


isyarat

Inherited from Malay isyarat, from Arabic إِشَارَة (ʔišāra).

Arabic إِشَارَة (ʔišāra)

(drama) cue, catchword (the last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak)


properti

propêrti (canonical)
properti-properti (plural)

Borrowed from English property, from Middle English propertee, properte, propirte, proprete, from Anglo-Norman and Old French propreté, proprieté (“propriety, fitness, property”), from Latin proprietās (“a peculiarity, one's peculiar nature or quality, right or fact of possession, property”)

(drama) a prop, an object used in a dramatic production.