hiang

Malay

Alternative forms

yang
yang-yang
⁧يڠ⁩
⁧يڠ٢⁩

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *hiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hiaŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qiaŋ.

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (hiyaṃ), found in the title of Dapunta Hiang.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hiaŋ/
Rhymes: -iaŋ, -jaŋ, -aŋ

Noun

hiang (Jawi spelling ⁧هياڠ⁩, plural hiang-hiang, informal 1st possessive hiangku, 2nd possessive hiangmu, 3rd possessive hiangnya)

god (deity)

Alternative forms

hyang (Indonesia)

Synonyms

tuhan / ⁧توهن⁩
dewa m / ⁧ديوا⁩ m / dewi f / ⁧ديوي⁩ f
ilah / ⁧اله⁩

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