perang

Inherited from Malay perang.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəˈraŋ/ [pəˈraŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: pe‧rang

pêrang (plural perang-perang)

1. war (conflict involving organized use of arms)

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈperaŋ/ [ˈpe.raŋ]
• Rhymes: -eraŋ
• Syllabification: pe‧rang

pérang (comparative lebih perang, superlative paling perang)

1. nonstandard form of pirang (“blond”)

• “perang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

perang

1. war

Perhaps related to parang (“parang, machete”). Compare to Javanese perang and Toba Batak porang.

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• prang

• IPA^(key): /pəraŋ/
• Rhymes: -aŋ

perang (Jawi spelling ڤرڠ, plural perang-perang)

1. war (conflict involving organized use of arms)

• Dempwolf (1938), Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *pe(rR)aŋ

Possibly from Persian افرنگ (“Frank, any white European”), from Old French franc. Doublet of pirang, Peringgi (“European, Western”), and Perancis (“France, French”).

Originally described sallow or wan tones of any dark colour.

• IPA^(key): /peraŋ/
• Rhymes: -eraŋ, -raŋ, -aŋ

perang (Jawi spelling ڤيرڠ)

1. brown (having brown colour) [since 20th century]
2. (obsolete) pale, wan

   hitam perang (obsolete) bluish-grey colour of slate, lit. 'pale black'

   Synonym: pucat

3. reddish (of hair)

perang (plural perang-perang)

1. brown (colour) [since 20th century]

   Synonyms: pirang, (of food) merah, coklat, cokelat

2. (obsolete) pallor

   Synonym: kepucatan

3. (obsolete) blond, of a pale yellowish (golden brown) color

   Synonym: kuning tanah

   perang:  

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ڤيرڠ perang”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 69
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ڤيرڠ perang”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 485
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “perang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 250