gambar

Gambar is a common term in Indonesian and Malay that denotes a visual representation, such as an image, picture, illustration, or photograph. It covers still images and moving visuals when used in phrases like gambar diam (still image) and gambar bergerak (moving image). As a noun, gambar can refer to any depicted content found in media, publications, or digital files. The root word also appears in related forms such as menggambar (to draw or illustrate) and gambaran (depiction).

In everyday language, gambar is used to describe pictures and images: for example, "Gambar ini jelas" (This image is clear). In education and engineering contexts, gambar teknik refers to technical drawings; in photography, gambar can refer to a photograph in a general sense. In digital contexts, gambar can denote a digital image file, with distinctions sometimes made between gambar bitmap (raster images) and gambar vektor (vector images).

Etymology: The term originates in the Malay and Indonesian languages, with cognates and long-standing usage across the region; exact historical derivation is not fully resolved in English-language sources. The word remains widely used across media, publishing, information technology, and everyday speech.

Related terms include foto (photo), ilustrasi (illustration), grafika (graphics), and gambaran (depiction). See also: gambar.