hyaṅ

Old Javanese

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qiaŋ (“ancestor, deity”).

Noun

hyaṅ

1. god, goddess, deified being, divinity,
2. sacred place,
3. sacred thing or body
4. sacred person, such as anchorite, monk, nun.

Alternative forms

• yaṅ

Derived terms

• ahyaṅ (“divine, unearthly, extraordinary”)
• aṅhyaṅ
• dihyaṅ
• hinyaṅ
• humyaṅi (“to be the god of”)
• kahyaṅan
• mahyaṅ (“having an inhabiting (protecting) deity”)
• makahyaṅan
• makakahyaṅan (“to have as divine abode”)
• marhyaṅ (“custodian of a sanctuary”)
• parhyaṅan
• paryaṅan
• paṅhyaṅ
• paṅhyaṅan (“object of worship”)
• prahyaṅan (“sanctuary where a god is worshipped”)
• rahyaṅta (“deified ancestor, holy man”)

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦾꦁ (yang)
• → Balinese: ᬳ᭄ᬬᬂ
• → Indonesian: hyang, yang
• → Malay: hiang, yang