English Explanatory Dictionary

hyang

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Hyang.
noun
  1. a representation of the Supreme Being in ancient Indonesian (Balinese, Javanese, Osing, Tengger, Sundanese) mythology, native to Java and Bali islands.

Word forms

hyang hyangs

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian hyang, Old Javanese hyaṅ (“God, divinity”), ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *qiaŋ (“deity, divinity”).

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