demang
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Javanese ꦢꦼꦩꦁ (demang, “village head; court official title; customary law expert”), from Old Javanese dĕmaṅ, dĕmuṅ (“name of a functionary at the court”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dêmang (plural demang-demang, first-person possessive demangku, second-person possessive demangmu, third-person possessive demangnya)
- (historical) district head (first in Java and later in South and Central Sumatra).
- Synonyms: kepala distrik, wedana
Further reading edit
- “demang” 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.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
demang
- Romanization of ꦢꦼꦩꦁ
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