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English
Noun
terbang (plural terbangs)
- A Malay tambourine used in Islamic devotional music in Southeast Asia.
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Malay terbang, from Proto-Malayic *-baŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-baŋ.
Verb
têrbang
- to fly: to travel through the air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
- to float
- (colloquial) to evaporate
- Synonym: menguap
- (figurative) to disappear
- Synonyms: lenyap, menghilang
- (figurative) to escape
- Synonyms: kabur, melarikan diri
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Javanese terbang (ꦠꦼꦂꦧꦁ).
Noun
têrbang (first-person possessive terbangku, second-person possessive terbangmu, third-person possessive terbangnya)
- a Malay tambourine that is used in Islamic devotional music in Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore.
- Synonym: rebana
Etymology 3
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Noun
têrbang (first-person possessive terbangku, second-person possessive terbangmu, third-person possessive terbangnya)
- Hirundichthys oxycephalus
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Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *-baŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-baŋ.
Pronunciation
Verb
terbang (Jawi spelling تربڠ)
- to fly (travel through air)
Derived terms
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