orangutan
English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]
- orang-utan, orang-outang, ourang-outang, orangoutang, orang utan
- (rare) orangutang, ourang outang, orang-outan, ourangoutang, orang-utang, ourang-outan, oran-outang, orang-otang, orangoutan, orangotang, orang-otan, uran-utan, oran-otan, orang-hutan
Etymology[edit]
From Malay orang (“person, man”) + hutan (“forest”); literally, "forest man". Other names for the animal are mawas and mayas.
The name orangutan has been used in Old Javanese texts, notably in Rāmāyaṇa and in Smaradahana in the form of uraŋutan and wuraŋutan. The usage of the word to refer to the apes in these texts opposes the belief of the name orangutan originating from a European source.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɔːˌɹæŋ.uːˈtæn/, /ˌɔː.ɹæŋˈuː.tæn/[2]
- (UK, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɔəˌɹæŋuːˈtæn/, /ˌɔə.ɹæŋˈuː.tæn/[3]
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈɹæŋ.əˌtæn/, /əˈɹæŋ.əˌtæŋ/, /ɔˈɹæŋ.ʊˌtæn/, /oʊˈɹæŋ-/[4]
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Noun[edit]
orangutan (plural orangutans)
- Any of three species of arboreal anthropoid ape, characterised by their shaggy reddish-brown coat and long arms, which comprise the genus Pongo; Pongo pygmaeus of Borneo, Pongo abelii of Sumatra or Pongo tapanuliensis of South Tapanuli (in Sumatra).
Usage notes[edit]
- Formerly considered a single species.
- First described scientifically in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus as Homo Sylvestris.
- Renamed Simia pygmaeus in 1760 by his student Christian Emmanuel Hopp, then placed in Pongo by Lacépède in 1799.
- From 1996, divided into two species: the Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus, with three subspecies) and the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii).
- The third species, the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis), was identified definitively in 2017.
Derived terms[edit]
- Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
- Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii)
- Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis)
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: orangutan
- → Czech: orangutan
- → Faroese: orangutang (perhaps via another European language)
- → French: orang-outan, ourang-outang
- → Romanian: urangutan
- → German: Orang-Utan
- → Greek: ουρακοτάγκος (ourakotágkos)
- → Hungarian: orangután
- → Italian: orangutan, orango
- → Japanese: オランウータン (oran'ūtan)
- → Polish: orangutan
- → Russian: орангутан (orangutan), орангутанг (orangutang)
- → Armenian: օրանգուտան (ōrangutan)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: орангу̀та̄н
- Latin script: orangùtān
- → Sicilian: rangutanu
- → Spanish: orangután
- → Galician: orangután
- → Swedish: orangutang
- → Thai: อุรังอุตัง (ù-rang-ù-dtang)
- → Turkish: orangutan
Translations[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ https://brill.com/view/journals/bki/176/4/article-p532_5.xml?language=en
- ^ “orangutan”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ^ The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003
- ^ “orangutan”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /o.ɾən.ɡuˈtan/
- (Central) IPA(key): /u.ɾən.ɡuˈtan/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /o.ɾan.ɡuˈtan/
Noun[edit]
orangutan m (plural orangutans)
Further reading[edit]
- “orangutan” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
orangutan m anim
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | orangutan | orangutani |
genitive | orangutana | orangutanů |
dative | orangutanovi, orangutanu | orangutanům |
accusative | orangutana | orangutany |
vocative | orangutane | orangutani |
locative | orangutanovi, orangutanu | orangutanech |
instrumental | orangutanem | orangutany |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- orangutan in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- orangutan in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Italian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.
Noun[edit]
orangutan m (invariable)
Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English orangutan, from Malay orang (“person, man”) + hutan (“forest”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
orangutan m anim
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | orangutan | orangutany |
genitive | orangutana | orangutanów |
dative | orangutanowi | orangutanom |
accusative | orangutana | orangutany |
instrumental | orangutanem | orangutanami |
locative | orangutanie | orangutanach |
vocative | orangutanie | orangutany |
Descendants[edit]
- → Kashubian: orangùtan
Further reading[edit]
- orangutan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- orangutan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian[edit]
Noun[edit]
orangutan m (plural orangutani)
- Alternative form of urangutan
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) orangutan | orangutanul | (niște) orangutani | orangutanii |
genitive/dative | (unui) orangutan | orangutanului | (unor) orangutani | orangutanilor |
vocative | orangutanule | orangutanilor |
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
orangùtān m (Cyrillic spelling орангу̀та̄н)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | orangutan | orangutani |
genitive | orangutana | orangutana |
dative | orangutanu | orangutanima |
accusative | orangutana | orangutane |
vocative | orangutane | orangutani |
locative | orangutanu | orangutanima |
instrumental | orangutanom | orangutanima |
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish اورانغوتان (orangutan), from French orangoutan, from Malay orang utan.
Noun[edit]
orangutan
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “orangutan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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