traṅ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably affixed *raṅ +‎ ta-, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *raaŋʔ (“light, to shine”) (compare Vietnamese rạng (“to dawn; be brightened, be lightened”), Khmer ស្រាង (sraang, “to glimmer”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /traŋ/
  • Rhymes: -traŋ
  • Hyphenation: traṅ

Adjective

traṅ

  1. clear, bright

Noun

traṅ

  1. clear, bright
  2. a clear sky, sunshine
  3. dry weather
  4. drought

Alternative forms
  • taraṅ

Derived terms
  • katraṅan
  • panraṅan
  • tinraṅ
  • traṅ-traṅ
  • tumraṅ
  • traṅtraṅnadī

Descendants
  • > Javanese: ꦠꦼꦫꦁ (terang) (inherited)
  • >? Malay: terang

Further reading
  • "traṅ" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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