dayang

See also: Dayang, dàyáng, dǎyàng, and dǎyáng

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧yang

Noun

dayang

1. brassy chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis)

Malay

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Rhymes: -jaŋ

Noun

dayang (Jawi spelling دايڠ, plural dayang-dayang, informal 1st possessive dayangku, 2nd possessive dayangmu, 3rd possessive dayangnya)

1. lady-in-waiting

Further reading

• “dayang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maranao

Noun

dayang

1. lady

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Sundanese

Romanization

dayang

1. Romanization of ᮓᮚᮀ

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Malay dayang and Maranao dayang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdajaŋ/, [ˈda.jɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -ajaŋ
• Syllabification: da‧yang

Noun

dayang (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜌᜅ᜔)

1. (historical) title of a noble lady in most of precolonial Philippines

==See also

• datu
• Gat
• ladya
• lakan
• Panginoon
• poon
• prinsesa
• raha

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdajaŋ/, [ˈda.jɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -ajaŋ
• Syllabification: da‧yang

Noun

dayang (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜌᜅ᜔)

1. a kind of ruellia (Ruellia blechum)

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /daˈjaŋ/, [dɐˈjaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: da‧yang

Noun

dayáng (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜌᜅ᜔)

1. a kind of Cyathula plant (Cyathula prostrata)