Hyang

Hyang (plural Hyangs)

1. (mythology) a representation of the Supreme Being in ancient Indonesian (Balinese, Javanese, Osing, Tengger, Sundanese) mythology, native to Java and Bali islands.

• Hyang on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Old Javanese Hyaṅ (“God, divinity”).

Hyang (Balinese script ᬳ᭄ᬬᬂ)

1. God
2. goddess
3. divinity
4. deified being

• Inherited from Old Javanese hyaṅ (“God, divinity”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhjaːŋ/
• Hyphenation: hyang

Hyang

1. God
2. goddess
3. divinity
4. deified being

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “Hyang”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
• “Hyang” in Javanese Cultural Dictionary [Kamus Budaya Jawa], Central Java: The Linguistic Center of Central Java [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Jawa Tengah], 2021.

• hiang

Inherited from Old Sundanese Hyaṅ (“God, divinity”), untimately from Proto-Austronesian *qiaŋ (“deity, divinity”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhjaŋ/, /ˈhijaŋ/
• Hyphenation: hyang

Hyang (Sundanese script ᮠᮡᮀ)

1. God
2. goddess
3. deity; deified being