hyang

== English == === Noun === hyang (plural hyangs) Alternative letter-case form of Hyang. === Anagrams === ghayn == Indonesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Malay hiang, yang, from Old Malay [script needed] (hiyaṃ), from Proto-Malayic *hiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hiaŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qiaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *qiaŋ. Spelling influenced by Javanese ꦲꦾꦁ (yang). First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (hiyaṃ), found in the title of Dapunta Hiang. === Pronunciation === (standard, common) IPA(key): [ˈhʲaŋ], [ˈçaŋ] (nonstandard) IPA(key): [hɪˈjaŋ] Hyphenation: hyang === Noun === hyang (Hinduism) hyang: An unseen spirit with supernatural powers, in ancient Indonesian mythology ==== Alternative forms ==== hiang (Standard Malay) yang ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: Hyang === Further reading === “hyang”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016