orang

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈræŋ/, /oʊˈræŋ/, /əˈɹæŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

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).

Anagrams

• nagor, grano, angor, organ, rango, groan, rag on, Goran, Organ, Ongar, Angor, Agron, argon, Garon, Rogan, Grano, Ragon, Ronga

Iban

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uəraəŋ/
• Rhymes: -aəŋ
• Hyphenation: o‧rang

Noun

orang

1. person, people

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• urang (dialectal, uncommon)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈoraŋ/ [ˈo.raŋ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oraŋ
• Syllabification: o‧rang

Noun

orang

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

Derived terms

• berorang-orang
• keseorangan
• mengorangkan
• orang-orangan
• orkay
• perorangan
• perseorangan
• seorang
• seseorang

 

Compounds

• orang aluan
• orang am
• orang antum
• orang asing
• orang atasan
• orang awak
• orang awam
• orang banyak
• orang Barat
• orang batu
• orang belakang
• orang besar
• orang biasa
• orang buangan
• orang dagang
• orang dalam
• orang gajian
• orang gedean
• orang halimunan
• orang halus
• orang hanyut
• orang helat
• orang hilir
• orang hulu
• orang hutan
• orang jauh
• orang kampung
• orang kaya
• orang keblangsak
• orang kota
• orang kulit putih
• orang luar
• orang luntang-lantung
• orang lurus
• orang merdeka
• orang muda
• orang ombak
• orang palung
• orang pangan
• orang patut
• orang pesisir
• orang pintar
• orang ramai
• orang rumah
• orang sabun
• orang sebelah
• orang semenda
• orang setangga
• orang sipil
• orang tani
• orang tengah
• orang tepi
• orang tua
• orang Tugu
• orang udik
• orang utan

 

Classifier

orang (singular seorang)

1. (chiefly formal) Used to count humans.

   dua orang anak ― two [people of] children

Conjunction

orang

1. (dialectal or obsolete) because

   Synonyms: gara-gara, karena

Further reading

• “orang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoraŋ/ [ˈo.raŋ]
• Rhymes: -raŋ, -aŋ

• Audio (Malaysia):

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Noun

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

1. person; people
2. human being

   Synonym: manusia

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• orang utan
• orang-orang

Descendants

• Indonesian: orang

Classifier

orang (singular seorang)

1. classifier for human beings

   seorang lelaki ― a man

Further reading

• “orang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maranao

Noun

orang

1. scorpion

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya