Parahiyangan

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• Parahyangan (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Sundanese Parahiyangan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /parahiˈjaŋan/ [pa.ra.hiˈja.ŋan]
• Rhymes: -aŋan
• Syllabification: Pa‧ra‧hi‧ya‧ngan

Proper noun

Parahiyangan

1. a mountainous and cultural region in central and southern West Java

   Synonym: Priangan

Further reading

• “Parahiyangan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Sundanese

Alternative forms

• Parahyangan
• Parahiangan

Etymology

From pa- -an +‎ rahyang, literally “the place/abode of the gods”, from Old Javanese ra- + hyang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /parahiˈjaŋan/

Proper noun

Parahiyangan (Sundanese script ᮕᮛᮠᮤᮚᮍᮔ᮪)

1. a mountainous and cultural region in central and southern West Java

Descendants

• Sundanese: Priangan
  • → Dutch: Preanger
    • → English: Preanger
  • → Indonesian: Priangan

Further reading

• Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij