orang

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔˈræŋ/, /oʊˈræŋ/, /əˈɹæŋ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

orang (plural orangs)

  1. An orangutan.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 115:
      To judge from its sinuses, Hispanopithecus crusafonti is the earliest known hominine (the group including all great apes except orangs).

Anagrams

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (“outsider”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (“outsider”).

Pronunciation

Noun

orang

  1. person, people

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay orang, from Old Malay urang, from Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (“person”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (“outsider”). Doublet of bong and wong.

Pronunciation

Noun

orang (plural orang-orang, first-person possessive orangku, second-person possessive orangmu, third-person possessive orangnya)

  1. human, person
    Synonyms: insan, manusia
  2. a vassal; a subject.
  3. a subordinate.
  4. a person who belongs to a particular group,
    1. citizen
      Synonyms: rakyat, warga negara
    2. inhabitant
      Synonym: penduduk
    3. race, ethnic
      Synonym: suku bangsa
    4. foreigner
  5. third person

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Classifier

orang (singular seorang)

  1. human, person.

Conjunction

orang

  1. (colloquial) because
    Synonym: karena

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (“person”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (“outsider”). Possible cognate with Javanese wong.

First attested in the Telaga Batu inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay (urang).

Pronunciation

Noun

orang (Jawi spelling اورڠ, informal 1st possessive orangku, 2nd possessive orangmu, 3rd possessive orangnya)

  1. person

Classifier

orang (singular seorang)

  1. a (for people)

Derived terms

Maranao

Noun

orang

  1. scorpion

References

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