hyaṅ

Old Javanese

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qiaŋ.

Noun

hyaṅ

  1. god, goddess, deified being, divinity,
  2. sacred place,
  3. sacred thing or body
  4. sacred person, such as anchorite, monk, nun.

Alternative forms
  • yaṅ

Derived terms
  • ahyaṅ (“divine, unearthly, extraordinary”)
  • aṅhyaṅ
  • dihyaṅ
  • hinyaṅ
  • humyaṅi (“to be the god of”)
  • kahyaṅan
  • mahyaṅ (“having an inhabiting (protecting) deity”)
  • makahyaṅan
  • makakahyaṅan (“to have as divine abode”)
  • marhyaṅ (“custodian of a sanctuary”)
  • parhyaṅan
  • paryaṅan
  • paṅhyaṅ
  • paṅhyaṅan (“object of worship”)
  • prahyaṅan (“sanctuary where a god is worshipped”)
  • rahyaṅta (“deified ancestor, holy man”)

Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦲꦾꦁ (yang)
  • → Balinese: ᬳ᭄ᬬᬂ
  • → Indonesian: hyang, yang
  • → Malay: hiang, yang
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