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hyang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables
hyang
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Hyang.

noun

a representation of the Supreme Being in ancient Indonesian (Balinese, Javanese, Osing, Tengger, Sundanese) mythology, native to Java and Bali islands.

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian hyang, Old Javanese hyaṅ (“God, divinity”), ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *qiaŋ (“deity, divinity”).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: hyaṅ, *qiaŋ

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Religion.

Inflected Forms

hyangs (plural)

Questions

What does hyang mean?
Alternative letter-case form of Hyang.
Where does hyang come from?
Borrowed from Indonesian hyang, Old Javanese hyaṅ (“God, divinity”), ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *qiaŋ (“deity, divinity”).

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