palang

English

Noun

palang (plural palangs)

1. Synonym of ampallang (“type of genital piercing”).

Anagrams

• Nagpal

Amis

Noun

palang

1. crow

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay palang, from Old Javanese palaṅ (“crossbeam”), pa-; alaṅ, halaṅ (“obstruct”) (compare Javanese ꦥꦭꦁ (palang, “obstacle, thwart”)). Equivalent to peng-; alang, halang (“to obstruct”). Doublet of pengalang and penghalang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpalaŋ/ [ˈpa.laŋ]
• Rhymes: -alaŋ
• Syllabification: pa‧lang

Noun

palang (plural palang-palang)

1. crossbeam, bar
2. bolt, pawl
3. cross

Derived terms

• berpalang
• dipalang
• dipalangi
• memalang
• memalangi
• memalangkan
• mempalang
• pemalangan

• palang angin
• palang atas gawang
• palang awan
• palang bertingkat
• Palang Hitam
• palang horizontal
• palang jalan
• palang jalan kereta api
• Palang Merah
• palang pintu
• palang sejajar
• palang tunggal

Further reading

• “palang”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

palang

1. romanization of ꦥꦭꦁ

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		پَلَنگ

Alternative forms

• pələng

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پلنگ (palang)

Pronunciation

• (Talxâbî) IPA^(key): [palaŋɡ̊]

Noun

palang (definite accusative palangı, plural palanglar)

1. leopard
2. tiger

   Synonym: bəbr

Declension

Declension of palang

	singular	plural
nominative	palang	palanglar
genitive	palangııñ	palanglarııñ
dative	palangqa	palanglarqa
definite accusative	palangı	palangları
locative	palangça	palanglarça
ablative	palangda	palanglarda
instrumental	palangla	palanglarla
equative	palangvâra	palanglarvâra

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1971), Khalaj Materials, Indiana University, →ISBN

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaŋ. Cognate with Iban palang, Kelabit palang and Javanese ꦥꦭꦁ (palang, “obstacle, thwart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palaŋ/
• Rhymes: -laŋ, -aŋ

Noun

palang (Jawi spelling ڤالڠ, plural palang-palang or palang²)

1. A crossbar, crossbeam, crosspiece or bar.

   Synonym: sengkang

2. cross (figure, post)

   Synonyms: sengkang, salib

Affixations

• dipalangi
• dipalangkan
• memalangi
• memalangkan
• palangi
• palangkan

Compounds

• palang gol
• palang jalan
• Palang Merah
• palang pintu

Verb

palang (Jawi spelling ڤالڠ)

1. (transitive) To install a crossbar or crosspiece on something.
2. (transitive) To mark a cross on something.

Affixations

• dipalang
• memalang

Descendants

• Indonesian: palang

Further reading

• "palang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*palaŋ₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Mokilese

Verb

palang

1. (transitive) to dry clothes

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈlaŋ/ [pɐˈlaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: pa‧lang

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay parang.

Noun

paláng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜅ᜔)

1. a type of bolo; large knife; butcher's knife

Etymology 2

From univerbation of pa +‎ lang.

Adverb

paláng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜅ᜔) (colloquial)

1. just yet; only; still; only still