terbang

English

Noun

terbang (plural terbangs)

1. A Malay tambourine used in Islamic devotional music in Southeast Asia.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /tərˈbaŋ/ [t̪ərˈbaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: ter‧bang

Etymology 1

From Malay terbang, from Proto-Malayic *-baŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-baŋ.

Verb

têrbang

1. to fly
2. (colloquial, uncommon) to evaporate

   Synonym: menguap

3. (figurative) to disappear

   Synonyms: lenyap, menghilang

4. (figurative) to escape

   Synonyms: kabur, melarikan diri

Derived terms

• berterbangan
• beterbangan
• menerbangi
• menerbangkan
• penerbang
• penerbangan
• terbang-terbang

• terbang arwah
• terbang darahnya
• terbang layang
• terbang menerkam
• terbang pikiran
• terbang semangat
• terbang solo

• jam terbang

Etymology 2

From Javanese terbang (ꦠꦼꦂꦧꦁ).

Noun

têrbang (plural terbang-terbang)

1. a Malay tambourine that is used in Islamic devotional music in Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore

   Synonym: rebana

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

têrbang (plural terbang-terbang)

1. Hirundichthys oxycephalus

Further reading

• “terbang”, 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

Malay

Etymology

Affixation of Proto-Malayic *tAr- +‎ *-baŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-baŋ.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈtə(r)baŋ/ [ˈt̪ə(r).baŋ]
  • Homophone: tebang

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /tərˈbaŋ/ [t̪ərˈbaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Hyphenation: ter‧bang

Verb

terbang (Jawi spelling تربڠ)

1. to fly (travel through air)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penerbangan (“flight, aviation”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• menerbangkan (“to fly something”) [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• berterbangan (“to fly about”) [stative / habitual + repetition / reciprocity] (beR- + -an)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• lapangan terbang (“airport”)

Further reading

• "terbang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017