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  • IPA(key): /ɔˈræŋ/, /oʊˈræŋ/, /əˈɹæŋ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

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orang (plural orangs)

  1. An orangutan.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 115:
      To judge from its sinuses, Hispanopithecus crusafonti is the earliest known hominine (the group including all great apes except orangs).

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Iban

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (outsider), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (outsider).

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orang

  1. person, people

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay orang, from Old Malay urang, from Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (person), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (outsider). Doublet of bong and wong.

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orang (plural orang-orang, first-person possessive orangku, second-person possessive orangmu, third-person possessive orangnya)

  1. human, person
    Synonyms: insan, manusia
  2. a vassal; a subject.
  3. a subordinate.
  4. a person who belongs to a particular group,
    1. citizen
      Synonyms: rakyat, warga negara
    2. inhabitant
      Synonym: penduduk
    3. race, ethnic
      Synonym: suku bangsa
    4. foreigner
  5. third person

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Classifier

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orang (singular seorang)

  1. human, person.

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orang

  1. (colloquial) because
    Synonym: karena

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Malay

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (person), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (outsider). Possible cognate with Javanese wong.

First attested in the Telaga Batu inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (urang).

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orang (Jawi spelling اورڠ, informal 1st possessive orangku, 2nd possessive orangmu, 3rd possessive orangnya)

  1. person; people
  2. human being
    Synonym: manusia

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: orang

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orang (singular seorang)

  1. classifier for human beings
    seorang lelakia man

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Maranao

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Noun

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orang

  1. scorpion

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