traṅ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably affixed *raṅ +‎ ta-, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *raaŋʔ (“light, to shine”) (compare Vietnamese rạng (“to dawn; be brightened, be lightened”), Khmer ស្រាង (sraang, “to glimmer”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /traŋ/
• Rhymes: -traŋ
• Hyphenation: traṅ

Adjective

traṅ

1. clear, bright

Noun

traṅ

1. clear, bright
2. a clear sky, sunshine
3. dry weather
4. drought

Alternative forms

• taraṅ

Derived terms

• katraṅan
• panraṅan
• tinraṅ
• traṅ-traṅ
• tumraṅ

 

• traṅtraṅnadī

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦠꦼꦫꦁ (terang) (inherited)
• >? Malay: terang
  • > Indonesian: terang (inherited)
  • → Iban: terang
  • → West Makian: terang

Further reading

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