demang

Indonesian

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /dəˈmaŋ/
• Rhymes: -maŋ, -aŋ, -ŋ
• Hyphenation: dê‧mang

Noun

dêmang (plural demang-demang, first-person possessive demangku, second-person possessive demangmu, third-person possessive demangnya)

1. (historical) district head (first in Java and later in South and Central Sumatra).

   Synonyms: kepala distrik, wedana

Further reading

• “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

Romanization

demang

1. Romanization of ꦢꦼꦩꦁ