perang

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Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay perang.

Pronunciation

Noun

pêrang (plural perang-perang)

  1. war (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: pé‧rang

Adjective

pérang

  1. Nonstandard form of pirang (blond).

Further reading

Javanese

Noun

perang

  1. war

Malay

Etymology 1

Perhaps related to parang (parang, machete). Compare to Javanese perang and Toba Batak porang.

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

perang (Jawi spelling ڤرڠ, plural perang-perang, informal 1st possessive perangku, 2nd possessive perangmu, 3rd possessive perangnya)

  1. war (conflict involving organized use of arms)

References

Etymology 2

Possibly from Persian افرنگ (Frank, any white European), from Old French franc. Doublet of Perancis (French).

Pronunciation

Adjective

perang (Jawi spelling ڤيرڠ)

  1. brown (having brown colour)

Noun

perang

  1. brown (colour)
Synonyms