wayang

• wajang

Transliteration of Javanese ꦮꦪꦁ (wayang, “shadow; imagination”), from Old Javanese wayaṅ. Cognate with Dutch wajang.

wayang (countable and uncountable, plural wayangs)

1. Traditional Indonesian arts performance (shadow puppetry, theatrical, dance, etc.) originating from Java island.
2. A shadow theatre performance, or such performances in general.

• “wayang”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

wayáng

1. open plain, extensive grounds in a broad valley, or the like

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦪꦁ (wayang, “shadow; imagination”), from Old Javanese wayaṅ. Doublet of bayang.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwa.jaŋ/
• Hyphenation: wa‧yang

wayang (plural wayang-wayang, first-person possessive wayangku, second-person possessive wayangmu, third-person possessive wayangnya)

1. shadow play:
   1. (Indonesia) traditional arts performance (shadow puppetry, theatrical, dance, etc.) originally from Javanese culture.
   2. puppet in the shadow play
   3. the performance of shadow play
2. (figurative) puppet (a person, country, etc, controlled by another); overbeared.
3. (figurative) synonym of bayang-bayang.

• “wayang” 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.

wayang

1. Romanization of ꦮꦪꦁ

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦪꦁ (wayang, “shadow; imagination”), from Old Javanese wayaṅ. Doublet of bayang.

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• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Rhymes: -jaŋ

wayang (Jawi spelling وايڠ, plural wayang-wayang, informal 1st possessive wayangku, 2nd possessive wayangmu, 3rd possessive wayangnya)

1. shadow play
2. shadow theatre performance
3. (informal) ellipsis of wayang gambar (“motion picture; movie”).

   Andy ajak kita tengok wayang. ― Andy is inviting us to watch a movie.

• wayang gambar
• wayang kulit

• → Min Nan: 花英 (hoa-iaⁿ) (?)

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