dayang

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See also: Dayang, dàyáng, dǎyàng, and dǎyáng

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: da‧yang

Noun

dayang

  1. brassy chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis)

Malay

Pronunciation

Noun

dayang (Jawi spelling دايڠ, plural dayang-dayang, informal 1st possessive dayangku, 2nd possessive dayangmu, 3rd possessive dayangnya)

  1. lady-in-waiting

Further reading

Maranao

Noun

dayang

  1. lady

References

Sundanese

Romanization

dayang

  1. Romanization of ᮓᮚᮀ

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Malay dayang and Maranao dayang.

Pronunciation

Noun

dayang (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜌᜅ᜔)

  1. (historical) title of a noble lady in most of precolonial Philippines

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

dayang (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜌᜅ᜔)

  1. a kind of ruellia (Ruellia blechum)

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

Noun

dayáng (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜌᜅ᜔)

  1. a kind of Cyathula plant (Cyathula prostrata)
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