parang
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
parang (plural parangs)
- A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia as a tool and weapon.
- 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 124:
- “The bastards are quietly-quietly sharpening their parangs.”
Verb edit
parang (third-person singular simple present parangs, present participle paranging, simple past and past participle paranged)
- To cut with a parang
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Spanish parranda (“merry-making or a group of serenaders”).
Noun edit
parang (countable and uncountable, plural parangs)
- A style of music originating from Trinidad and Tobago, strongly influenced by Venezuelan music.
Verb edit
parang (third-person singular simple present parangs, present participle paranging, simple past and past participle paranged)
- To play parang music
Anagrams edit
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Malay parang, from Proto-Malayic *paraŋ.
- The sense as classic batik motif is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦥꦫꦁ (parang, “batik pattern”, literally “cliff; knife, chopper, cleaver”), from Old Javanese paraṅ (“rock, crag”).
Noun edit
parang (first-person possessive parangku, second-person possessive parangmu, third-person possessive parangnya)
- a short, heavy, straight-edged knife or machete.
- a classic batik motif.
- (zoology) dorab wolf-herring (Chirocentrus dorab).
- Synonyms: bale-bale, pacal, parang, parang-parang, tegap
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Root edit
parang
- see parangan entry
Further reading edit
- “parang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Makasar edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-South Sulawesi *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
parang (Lontara spelling ᨄᨉ)
- field, treeless plain
Derived terms edit
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *paraŋ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
parang (Jawi spelling ڤارڠ, plural parang-parang, informal 1st possessive parangku, 2nd possessive parangmu, 3rd possessive parangnya)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “parang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Tagalog edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈpaɾaŋ/, [ˈpa.ɾɐŋ]
- Rhymes: -aɾaŋ
- Syllabification: pa‧rang
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Philippine *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).
Noun edit
parang (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜅ᜔)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From para + -ng (“enclitic”).
Adjective edit
parang (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜅ᜔)
- Alternative form of para
Tausug edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).
Noun edit
parang