kidaṅ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *jəŋ (“deer, venison”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.daŋ/
• Rhymes: -daŋ
• Hyphenation: ki‧dang

Noun

kidaṅ

1. muntjac (Muntiacus)

Derived terms

• akidaṅ-kidaṅan
• aṅida-ṅidaṅ
• aṅidaṅ
• kumidaṅ-kidaṅ

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦏꦶꦢꦁ (kidang) (inherited)
  • → English: kidang
• >? Malay: kijang
  • > Indonesian: kijang (inherited)
  • → Chinese: 棋樟山 (Qízhāng Shān)

References

• "kidaṅ" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.