Etymology

From Proto-AustronesianCategory:Acehnese terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#ABANGCategory:Acehnese terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#ABANG *abaŋ (*aba +‎ *-ŋ), *aba (“father”). Compare Malay abang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaŋ/Category:Acehnese terms with IPA pronunciation#ABANG
• Hyphenation: a‧bang

Noun

abang (Jawoë spelling ابڠ)Category:Acehnese lemmas#ABANGCategory:Acehnese nouns#ABANGCategory:Acehnese entries with incorrect language header#ABANGCategory:Pages with entries#ABANGCategory:Pages with 20 entries#ABANG

1. elder brother

   Synonyms: aduen, bang, cut, keukanda, lém, po

   Abang ka geujak u peukan ― Elder brother has gone to the marketCategory:Acehnese terms with usage examples#ABANG

References

• “abang”, in Kamus Aceh Indonesia [Acehnese-Indonesian Dictionary] (Seri K; 85), Seri 1. A-L [Volume 1. A-L] (eBook; overall work in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, 1985, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2

Noun

abangCategory:Berawan lemmas#ABANGCategory:Berawan nouns#ABANGCategory:Berawan entries with incorrect language header#ABANGCategory:Pages with entries#ABANGCategory:Pages with 20 entries#ABANG

1. window (opening for light and air)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaŋ/Category:Betawi terms with IPA pronunciation#ABANG

• Audio:

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  Category:Betawi terms with audio pronunciation#ABANG
• Rhymes: -aŋCategory:Rhymes:Betawi/aŋ#ABANG
• Hyphenation: a‧bang

Etymology 1

From MalayCategory:Betawi terms inherited from Malay#ABANGCategory:Betawi terms derived from Malay#ABANG abang, of uncertain origin.^[1]

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦧꦁ (abang, “red”).

Etymology 3

See abangan (“rain gutter”).

References

Further reading

• Chaer, A. (2009) [1976], “abang”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN, page 1
• Batten, C. J. (1868), “Abang”, in De djoeroe basa Betawi: Eenvoudige Bataviaasch-Maleische woordenverzameling [The Betawi translator: A simple Batavian-Malay word collection] (in Dutch), Batavia: H. M. van Dorp, page 1

Anagrams

• bagan, gaban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaŋ/Category:Blagar terms with IPA pronunciation#ABANG

Noun

abangCategory:Blagar lemmas#ABANGCategory:Blagar nouns#ABANGCategory:Blagar entries with incorrect language header#ABANGCategory:Pages with entries#ABANGCategory:Pages with 20 entries#ABANG

1. village

References

• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaŋ/Category:Brunei Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#ABANG
• Hyphenation: a‧bang

Noun

abangCategory:Brunei Malay lemmas#ABANGCategory:Brunei Malay nouns#ABANGCategory:Brunei Malay entries with incorrect language header#ABANGCategory:Pages with entries#ABANGCategory:Pages with 20 entries#ABANG

1. older brother

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧bang

Verb

abangCategory:Cebuano lemmas#ABANCategory:Cebuano verbs#ABANCategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#ABANCategory:Pages with entries#ABANGCategory:Pages with 20 entries#ABANG

1. to lease; to rent
2. to hire a prostitute

Noun

abangCategory:Cebuano lemmas#ABANCategory:Cebuano nouns#ABANCategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#ABANCategory:Pages with entries#ABANGCategory:Pages with 20 entries#ABANG

1. a lease
2. a rent

Anagrams

• baang, banag, banga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbaŋ/ [ʔaˈbaŋ]Category:Central Bikol terms with IPA pronunciation#ABAN
• Hyphenation: a‧bang

Etymology 1

From Proto-Central Philippine *abaŋ, from Proto-PhilippineCategory:Central Bikol terms inherited from Proto-Philippine#ABANCategory:Central Bikol terms derived from Proto-Philippine#ABAN *abaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Central Bikol terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#ABANCategory:Central Bikol terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#ABAN *abaŋ.

Etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from JavaneseCategory:Central Malay terms borrowed from Javanese#ABANGCategory:Central Malay terms derived from Javanese#ABANG ꦲꦧꦁ (abang).

Adjective

abangCategory:Central Malay lemmas#ABANGCategory:Central Malay adjectives#ABANGCategory:Central Malay entries with incorrect language header#ABANGCategory:Pages with entries#ABANGCategory:Pages with 20 entries#ABANG

1. red

References

• "Besemah" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Noun

abangCategory:Dupaningan Agta lemmas#ABANGCategory:Dupaningan Agta nouns#ABANGCategory:Dupaningan Agta entries with incorrect language header#ABANGCategory:Pages with entries#ABANGCategory:Pages with 20 entries#ABANG

1. boat

Noun

abángCategory:Hiligaynon lemmas#ABANCategory:Hiligaynon nouns#ABANCategory:Hiligaynon terms without pronunciation template#ABANCategory:Hiligaynon entries with incorrect language header#ABANCategory:Pages with entries#ABANGCategory:Pages with 20 entries#ABANG

1. avarice, greediness

Verb

ábangCategory:Hiligaynon lemmas#ABANCategory:Hiligaynon verbs#ABANCategory:Hiligaynon terms without pronunciation template#ABANCategory:Hiligaynon entries with incorrect language header#ABANCategory:Pages with entries#ABANGCategory:Pages with 20 entries#ABANG

1. to be within range of a fire

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈabaŋ/ [ˈa.baŋ]Category:Indonesian 2-syllable words#ABANGCategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#ABANG
• Rhymes: -abaŋCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/abaŋ#ABANGCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/abaŋ/2 syllables#ABANG
• Syllabification: a‧bang

Etymology 1

From MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#ABANGCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#ABANG abang, from Classical MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Classical Malay#ABANGCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Classical Malay#ABANG ابڠ (abang), from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#ABANGCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#ABANG *abaŋ (*aba +‎ *-ŋ), *aba (“father”).

Etymology 2

From JavaneseCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Javanese#ABANGCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Javanese#ABANG ꦲꦧꦁ (abang, “red”).

Further reading

• “abang”, 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

Romanization

abangCategory:Javanese non-lemma forms#ABANCategory:Javanese romanizations#ABANCategory:Javanese terms with redundant script codes#ABANCategory:Javanese entries with incorrect language header#ABANCategory:Pages with entries#ABANGCategory:Pages with 20 entries#ABANG

1. romanization of ꦲꦧꦁ

Noun

abangCategory:Karao lemmas#ABANGCategory:Karao nouns#ABANGCategory:Karao entries with incorrect language header#ABANGCategory:Pages with entries#ABANGCategory:Pages with 20 entries#ABANG

1. rent money

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Makasar entries#ABANG

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabaŋ/, [ˈa.bãŋ]Category:Makasar terms with IPA pronunciation#ABANG
• Hyphenation: a‧bang

Noun

abang (Lontara spelling ᨕᨅ)Category:Makasar lemmas#ABANGCategory:Makasar nouns#ABANGCategory:Makasar entries with incorrect language header#ABANGCategory:Pages with entries#ABANGCategory:Pages with 20 entries#ABANG

1. forehead

   Tinggi abanna ― His/her forehead is high (prominent).Category:Makasar terms with usage examples#ABANG

   Assobai abanna ― A person experiencing baldness.Category:Makasar terms with usage examples#ABANG

2. the outer side of a songkok or peci (excluding the top part, which is called tompoʼ)
3. the narrow, circular edge of a mattress

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN Category:mak:Face#ABANG

Alternative forms

• (Etymology 1): bang, bung

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.baŋ]Category:Malay 2-syllable words#ABANGCategory:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#ABANG

  • Audio (Malaysia):

    (file)

    Category:Malay terms with audio pronunciation#ABANG
• Rhymes: -baŋ, -aŋCategory:Rhymes:Malay/baŋ#ABANGCategory:Rhymes:Malay/aŋ#ABANGCategory:Rhymes:Malay/aŋ/2 syllables#ABANG
• Hyphenation: a‧bang

Etymology 1

From Classical MalayCategory:Malay terms inherited from Classical Malay#ABANGCategory:Malay terms derived from Classical Malay#ABANG ابڠ (abang), from Old MalayCategory:Malay terms inherited from Old Malay#ABANGCategory:Malay terms derived from Old Malay#ABANG habaŋ, from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Malay terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#ABANGCategory:Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#ABANG *abaŋ (*aba +‎ *-ŋ), *aba (“father”). Doublet of awangCategory:Malay doublets#ABANG. Sense of older sister in south of the Peninsular and Riau displaced by kakak.

Descendants

• Malay: Bang, abam
• Indonesian: abang
• → Min Nan: 阿班 (a-pan)^[1]
• → Thai: บัง (bang)

Etymology 2

From JavaneseCategory:Malay terms borrowed from Javanese#ABANGCategory:Malay terms derived from Javanese#ABANG abang.

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “ابڠ abang”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 1
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “ابڠ abang”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 2
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “abang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 1

Bibliography

• "abang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Claudine Salmon (2009), “Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges”, in Archipel‎, volume 78, pages 181-208

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.bʲaŋ/Category:Osing terms with IPA pronunciation#ABANG

• Audio:

  (file)

  Category:Osing terms with audio pronunciation#ABANG
• Hyphenation: abang
• Rhymes: -aŋCategory:Rhymes:Osing/aŋ#ABANG

Adjective

abangCategory:Osing lemmas#ABANGCategory:Osing adjectives#ABANGCategory:Osing entries with incorrect language header#ABANGCategory:Pages with entries#ABANGCategory:Pages with 20 entries#ABANG

1. red

Further reading

• Ali, Hasan (2002), “abang”, in Kamus Bahasa Daerah Using-Indonesia [Osingese-Indonesian Dictionary]‎, 1st edition (in Indonesian), Banyuwangi: Pemerintah Kabupaten Banyuwangi, page 1

Noun

abangCategory:Sambali lemmas#ABANGCategory:Sambali nouns#ABANGCategory:Sambali entries with incorrect language header#ABANGCategory:Pages with entries#ABANGCategory:Pages with 20 entries#ABANG

1. rent

Noun

abangCategory:Simalungun Batak lemmas#ABANGCategory:Simalungun Batak nouns#ABANGCategory:Simalungun Batak entries with incorrect language header#ABANGCategory:Pages with entries#ABANGCategory:Pages with 20 entries#ABANG

1. elder brother (clarification of this definition is needed)Category:Requests for clarification of definitions in Simalungun Batak entries#ABANG

References

• Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p. 1.

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *abaŋ, from Proto-PhilippineCategory:Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Philippine#ABANCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Philippine#ABAN *abaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#ABANCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#ABAN *abaŋ. Compare Aklanon abang, Balinese ambang, and Kambera amba.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbaŋ/ [ʔɐˈbaŋ]Category:Tagalog 2-syllable words#ABANCategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#ABAN

• Audio:

  (file)

  Category:Tagalog terms with audio pronunciation#ABAN
• Rhymes: -aŋCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/aŋ#ABANCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/aŋ/2 syllables#ABAN
• Syllabification: a‧bangCategory:Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation#ABAN

Noun

abáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜅ᜔)Category:Tagalog lemmas#ABANCategory:Tagalog nouns#ABANCategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#ABANCategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#ABANCategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#ABANCategory:Pages with entries#ABANGCategory:Pages with 20 entries#ABANG

1. watcher

   Synonyms: bakay, bantay, guwardiya, tanod

2. trap; snare (placed or set up strategically)
3. act of waiting (for a person, an opportunity, etc.)

   Synonyms: abat, pag-abat

4. act of setting up a trap or snare

Further reading

• “abang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “abang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*abaŋ₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• gaban, banga, baang

Noun

abángCategory:Yogad lemmas#ABANGCategory:Yogad nouns#ABANGCategory:Yogad entries with incorrect language header#ABANGCategory:Pages with entries#ABANGCategory:Pages with 20 entries#ABANG

1. boat