Hyang
See also: hyang
English edit
Noun edit
Hyang (plural Hyangs)
- (mythology) a representation of the Supreme Being in ancient Indonesian (Balinese, Javanese, Osing, Tengger, Sundanese) mythology, native to Java and Bali islands.
Further reading edit
Balinese edit
Romanization edit
Hyang
- Romanization of ᬳ᭄ᬬᬂ
Javanese edit
Alternative forms edit
Other scripts | |
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Carakan | ꦲꦾꦁ |
Roman | Hyang (standard) |
Etymology edit
- Inherited from Old Javanese hyaṅ (“God, divinity”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Hyang
Further reading edit
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “Hyang”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
- “Hyang” in Javanese Cultural Dictionary [Kamus Budaya Jawa], Central Java: The Linguistic Center of Central Java [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Jawa Tengah], 2021.
Sundanese edit
Native scripts | |
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Sundanese script | ᮠᮡᮀ |
Romanization | Hyang (standard) |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
- Inherited from Old Sundanese Hyaṅ (“God, divinity”), untimately from Proto-Austronesian *qiaŋ (“deity, divinity”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Hyang