Hyang

See also: hyang

'Hyang' written in Javanese script

English

Noun

Hyang (plural Hyangs)

(mythology) a representation of the Supreme Being in ancient Indonesian (Balinese, Javanese, Osing, Tengger, Sundanese) mythology, native to Java and Bali islands.

Further reading

Hyang on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Balinese

Romanization

Hyang

Romanization of ᬳ᭄ᬬᬂ

Javanese

Alternative forms

Other scripts
Carakan	ꦲꦾꦁ
Roman	Hyang (standard)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese hyaṅ (“God, divinity”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhjaːŋ/
Hyphenation: hyang

Noun

Hyang

God
goddess
divinity
deified being

Further reading

The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015), “Hyang”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

“Hyang” in Javanese Cultural Dictionary [Kamus Budaya Jawa], Central Java: The Linguistic Center of Central Java [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Jawa Tengah], 2021.

Sundanese

Alternative forms

Native scripts
Sundanese script	ᮠᮡᮀ
Romanization	Hyang (standard)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Sundanese Hyaṅ (“God, divinity”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhjaːŋ/
Hyphenation: hyang

Noun

Hyang

God
goddess
divinity
deified being

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