hiang

Malay

Alternative forms

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): [hi.(j)aŋ]
  • Rhymes: -iaŋ, -aŋ
  • Hyphenation: hi‧ang

Noun

hiang (Jawi spelling هياڠ, plural hiang-hiang)

  1. alternative form of yang (“a deity, god, or goddess”)

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