terbang
English
Noun
terbang (plural terbangs)
- A Malay tambourine used in Islamic devotional music in Southeast Asia.
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /tərˈbaŋ/ [t̪ərˈbaŋ]
- Rhymes: -aŋ
- Syllabification: ter‧bang
Etymology 1
From Malay terbang, from Proto-Malayic *-baŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-baŋ.
Verb
têrbang
- to fly
- (colloquial, uncommon) to evaporate
- Synonym: menguap
- (figurative) to disappear
- Synonyms: lenyap, menghilang
- (figurative) to escape
- Synonyms: kabur, melarikan diri
Derived terms
- berterbangan
- beterbangan
- menerbangi
- menerbangkan
- penerbang
- penerbangan
- terbang-terbang
- terbang arwah
- terbang darahnya
- terbang layang
- terbang menerkam
- terbang pikiran
- terbang semangat
- terbang solo
Etymology 2
From Javanese terbang (ꦠꦼꦂꦧꦁ).
Noun
têrbang (plural terbang-terbang)
- a Malay tambourine that is used in Islamic devotional music in Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore
- Synonym: rebana
Etymology 3
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Noun
têrbang (plural terbang-terbang)
Further reading
- “terbang” 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.
Malay
Etymology
Affixation of Proto-Malayic *tAr- + *-baŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-baŋ.
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /ˈtə(r)baŋ/ [ˈt̪ə(r).baŋ]
- Homophone: tebang
- (Baku) IPA(key): /tərˈbaŋ/ [t̪ərˈbaŋ]
- Rhymes: -aŋ
- Hyphenation: ter‧bang
Verb
terbang (Jawi spelling تربڠ)
- to fly (travel through air)
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- penerbangan (“flight, aviation”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- menerbangkan (“to fly something”) [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- berterbangan (“to fly about”) [stative / habitual + repetition / reciprocity] (beR- + -an)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- lapangan terbang (“airport”)
Further reading
- “terbang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.