wayaṅ

Old Javanese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.jaŋ/
• Rhymes: -jaŋ
• Hyphenation: wa‧yaṅ

Noun

wayaṅ

1. shadow

Derived terms

• amayaṅ-mayaṅ
• awawayaṅ
• awawayaṅan
• awawayaṅan
• awayaṅ
• aṅwayaṅ
• kawayaṅ
• pawayaṅ
• pawayaṅan
• pawayaṅĕn
• pinakawayaṅ-wayaṅ
• pinawayaṅakĕn
• wawayaṅ
• wawayaṅan
• wawayaṅan
• wayaṅ-wayaṅan
• winayaṅ-wayaṅ
• winayaṅ-wayaṅ

 

• awayaṅ wwaṅ
• griṅsiṅ wayaṅ
• wayaṅ wwaṅ

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦮꦪꦁ (wayang)
  • → Dutch: wajang
    • → English: wajang
  • → English: wayang
  • → Indonesian: wayang
  • → Madurese: bâjâng
  • → Malay: wayang
    • → Hokkien: 花英 (hoa-iaⁿ) (?)
  • → Peranakan Indonesian: wajang

Further reading

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