lembar

Lembar is a common noun in Indonesian and Malay that refers to a sheet, leaf, or page of a flat material. It is widely used as a counting unit for sheets of paper, pages in documents, forms, or similar items. For example, two lembar kertas means two sheets of paper, while selembar uang denotes a single banknote.

The term encompasses a range of flat materials, not limited to paper. In everyday language, lembar appears in expressions such as lembar formulir (a form sheet) or lembar laporan (a report sheet). A closely related form, lembaran, can denote a sheet or a single sheet in a more general or formal sense, while the prefix selembar is used to indicate one sheet.

Etymology and usage context: Lembar derives from a Malay-Indonesian root meaning sheet or leaf, with regional cognates across the Malay archipelago. It is part of a family of measure terms used for flat objects, alongside other classifiers that may vary by material or context.

See also: Halaman (page within a bound text) and lembaran (a sheet or sheetful). Lembar remains a versatile and widely used term in everyday language for counting and referring to individual sheets of various flat materials.