hyaṅ
Old Javanese
Etymology
From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qiaŋ.
Noun
hyaṅ
- god, goddess, deified being, divinity,
- sacred place,
- sacred thing or body
- sacred person, such as anchorite, monk, nun.
Alternative forms
- yaṅ
Derived terms
- ahyaṅ (“divine, unearthly, extraordinary”)
- aṅhyaṅ
- dihyaṅ
- hinyaṅ
- humyaṅi (“to be the god of”)
- kahyaṅan
- mahyaṅ (“having an inhabiting (protecting) deity”)
- makahyaṅan
- makakahyaṅan (“to have as divine abode”)
- marhyaṅ (“custodian of a sanctuary”)
- parhyaṅan
- paryaṅan
- paṅhyaṅ
- paṅhyaṅan (“object of worship”)
- prahyaṅan (“sanctuary where a god is worshipped”)
- rahyaṅta (“deified ancestor, holy man”)
Descendants
- Javanese: ꦲꦾꦁ (yang)
- → Balinese: ᬳ᭄ᬬᬂ
- → Indonesian: hyang
- → Malay: hiang