pangeran

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pangeran (“prince”) (compare to Malay pengiran (“prince”)), from Javanese ꦥꦔꦺꦫꦤ꧀ (pangéran, “Lord; prince”), from Old Javanese paṅeran (“person, prince, princess, wife, daughter”, literally “master, lord”) (compare to paṅheran (“waiting-place, dwelling-place”)).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /paˈŋɛran/ [paˈŋɛ.ran]
• Rhymes: -ɛran
• Syllabification: pa‧nge‧ran

Noun

pangèran (plural pangeran-pangeran or para pangeran)

1. prince

Derived terms

• kepangeranan

Further reading

• “pangeran”, 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

pangeran

1. alternative spelling of pangéran, romanization of ꦥꦔꦺꦫꦤ꧀

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦔꦺꦫꦤ꧀ (pangéran, “Lord; prince”), from Old Javanese paṅeran (“younger person, prince, princess, wife, daughter”, literally “master, lord”) (compare to paṅheran (“waiting-place, dwelling-place”)). Doublet of pengiran.

Noun

pangeran (Jawi spelling ڤڠيرن, plural pangeran-pangeran or pangeran²)

1. (Java Malay, Brunei) prince

Descendants

• Indonesian: pangeran
• → Hokkien: 班奇蘭 / 班奇兰, 邦奇蘭 / 邦奇兰

See also

• pengiran (Brunei)
• putera (Malaysia, general)

Further reading

• "pangeran" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "pangeran" at PRPM first version)