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Balinese
Romanization
kayangan
- Romanization of ᬓᬬᬗᬦ᭄.
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ka‧yang‧an
Noun
kayangan (first-person possessive kayanganku, second-person possessive kayanganmu, third-person possessive kayangannya)
- paradise, heaven.
- Synonyms: adnan, eden, firdaus, janah, nirwana, surga, indraloka, kedewaan, keindraan, suargaloka, suralaya, surgaloka, paradiso
- (Balinese, Hinduism) temple.
- Synonyms: pura, kahyangan
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Javanese
Romanization
kayangan
- Romanization of ꦏꦪꦔꦤ꧀.
Malay
Etymology
From Javanese kayangan (ꦏꦪꦔꦤ꧀, “paradise, heaven”), from Old Javanese kahyaṅan (“abode of the gods, temple, sacred place, hermitage”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kayangan (Jawi spelling کايڠن, informal 1st possessive kayanganku, 2nd possessive kayanganmu, 3rd possessive kayangannya)
- paradise, heaven (the abode of the gods)
- Synonyms: inderaloka, keinderaan, syurga
- (figurative, often derogatory) the elite, the high and mighty (a wealthy upper class disconnected from the living reality of the masses)
2021 29 April, Mohd Sharkawi Londing, “Tak kira kayangan atau marhaen, patuhi SOP”, in Kosmo!:Jadi, ikutlah sistem SOP yang ditetapkan tidak kiralah siapa kita, rakyat marhaen ke atau orang ‘kayangan’ ke, pokoknya patuhlah SOP yang ditetapkan.- So please, follow the stipulated SOP (= standard operating procedure) no matter if you are commonfolk or the upper crust, by all means follow the stipulated SOP.
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