hiang
Malay edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *hiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hiaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hiaŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qiaŋ.
First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (hiyaṃ), found in the title of Dapunta Hiang.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hiang (Jawi spelling هياڠ, plural hiang-hiang, informal 1st possessive hiangku, 2nd possessive hiangmu, 3rd possessive hiangnya)
- god (deity)
Alternative forms edit
- hyang (Indonesia)