orang

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔˈræŋ/, /oʊˈræŋ/, /əˈɹæŋ/
  • (file)

Noun

orang (plural orangs)

  1. An orangutan.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 115:
      To judge from its sinuses, Hispanopithecus crusafonti is the earliest known hominine (the group including all great apes except orangs).

Anagrams

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (outsider), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (outsider).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uəraəŋ/
  • Rhymes: -aəŋ
  • Hyphenation: o‧rang

Noun

orang

  1. person, people

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay orang, from Old Malay urang, from Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (person), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (outsider). Doublet of bong and wong.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.raŋ/, [ˈɔ.räŋ]
  • (file)

Noun

orang (plural orang-orang, first-person possessive orangku, second-person possessive orangmu, third-person possessive orangnya)

  1. human, person
    Synonyms: insan, manusia
  2. a vassal; a subject.
  3. a subordinate.
  4. a person who belongs to a particular group,
    1. citizen
      Synonyms: rakyat, warga negara
    2. inhabitant
      Synonym: penduduk
    3. race, ethnic
      Synonym: suku bangsa
    4. foreigner
  5. third person

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • orang aluan
  • orang am
  • orang antum
  • orang asing
  • orang atasan
  • orang awak
  • orang awam
  • orang banyak
  • orang Barat
  • orang batu
  • orang belakang
  • orang besar
  • orang biasa
  • orang buangan
  • orang dagang
  • orang dalam
  • orang gajian
  • orang gedean
  • orang halimunan
  • orang halus
  • orang hanyut
  • orang helat
  • orang hilir
  • orang hulu
  • orang hutan
  • orang jauh
  • orang kampung
  • orang kaya
  • orang keblangsak
  • orang kota
  • orang kulit putih
  • orang luar
  • orang luntang-lantung
  • orang lurus
  • orang merdeka
  • orang muda
  • orang ombak
  • orang palung
  • orang pangan
  • orang patut
  • orang pesisir
  • orang pintar
  • orang ramai
  • orang rumah
  • orang sabun
  • orang sebelah
  • orang semenda
  • orang setangga
  • orang sipil
  • orang tani
  • orang tengah
  • orang tepi
  • orang tua
  • orang Tugu
  • orang udik
  • orang utan

Classifier

orang (singular seorang)

  1. human, person.

Conjunction

orang

  1. (colloquial) because
    Synonym: karena

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (person), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (outsider). Possible cognate with Javanese wong.

First attested in the Telaga Batu inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (urang).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oraŋ/
  • Rhymes: -raŋ, -aŋ
  • (file)

Noun

orang (Jawi spelling اورڠ, informal 1st possessive orangku, 2nd possessive orangmu, 3rd possessive orangnya)

  1. person

Classifier

orang (singular seorang)

  1. a (for people)

Derived terms

Maranao

Noun

orang

  1. scorpion

References

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