kayangan
Balinese edit
Romanization edit
kayangan
- Romanization of ᬓᬬᬗᬦ᭄.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
- From Malay kayangan, from Javanese kayangan (ꦏꦪꦔꦤ꧀, “paradise, heaven”), from Old Javanese kahyaṅan (“abode of the gods, temple, sacred place, hermitage”). Equivalent to hyang + ke- -an.
- Semantic loan from Balinese kayangan (ᬓᬬᬗᬦ᭄, “temple”), cf. above.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kayangan (first-person possessive kayanganku, second-person possessive kayanganmu, third-person possessive kayangannya)
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- “kayangan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
kayangan
- Romanization of ꦏꦪꦔꦤ꧀.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Javanese kayangan (ꦏꦪꦔꦤ꧀, “paradise, heaven”), from Old Javanese kahyaṅan (“abode of the gods, temple, sacred place, hermitage”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kayangan (Jawi spelling کايڠن, informal 1st possessive kayanganku, 2nd possessive kayanganmu, 3rd possessive kayangannya)
- paradise, heaven (the abode of the gods)
- Synonyms: inderaloka, keinderaan, syurga
- (figurative, often derogatory) the elite, the high and mighty (a wealthy upper class disconnected from the living reality of the masses)
- 2021 29 April, Mohd Sharkawi Londing, “Tak kira kayangan atau marhaen, patuhi SOP”, in Kosmo![1]:
- Jadi, ikutlah sistem SOP yang ditetapkan tidak kiralah siapa kita, rakyat marhaen ke atau orang ‘kayangan’ ke, pokoknya patuhlah SOP yang ditetapkan.
- So please, follow the stipulated SOP (= standard operating procedure) no matter if you are commonfolk or the upper crust, by all means follow the stipulated SOP.
Further reading edit
- “kayangan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.