dayang

• Hyphenation: da‧yang

dayang

1. brassy chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis)

• Rhymes: -ajaŋ

dayang (Jawi spelling دايڠ, plural dayang-dayang)

1. lady-in-waiting

• “dayang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

dayang

1. lady

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

dayang (Sundanese script ᮓᮚᮀ)

1. (archaic) damsel, maid of honour
2. (historical) title for a noble lady
3. (now) prostitute, whore

• “Dayang” in Jonathan Rigg, A Dictionary of the Sunda language (1862), page 103.
• "dayang" in Maman Sumantri, Atjep Djamaludin, Achmad Patoni, R.H. Moch. Koerdie, M.O. Koesman, Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

Compare Malay dayang and Maranao dayang.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdajaŋ/ [ˈd̪aː.jɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -ajaŋ
• Syllabification: da‧yang

dayang (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜌᜅ᜔)

1. (historical) title of a noble lady in most of precolonial Philippines

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdajaŋ/ [ˈd̪aː.jɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -ajaŋ
• Syllabification: da‧yang

dayang (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜌᜅ᜔)

1. a kind of ruellia (Ruellia blechum)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “possibly related to Etymology 2?”)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /daˈjaŋ/ [d̪ɐˈjaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: da‧yang

dayáng (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜌᜅ᜔)

1. a kind of Cyathula plant (Cyathula prostrata)