# abang
## Berawan
### Noun

abang
* window (opening for light and air)

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaˈbaŋ/ [ʔaˈbaŋ]
* Hyphenation: a‧bang

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Central Philippine *abaŋ, from Proto-Philippine *abaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaŋ.

#### Noun

abáng (Basahan spelling ᜀᜊᜅ᜔)
* act of watching for, awaiting

##### Derived terms

* abangan
* mag-abang

### Etymology 2
#### Adverb

abáng (Basahan spelling ᜀᜊᜅ᜔)
* very, so
    Synonyms: marhay, abaana
    Abang estrikto kan magurang niyaHis/her parents are so strict.
    Abang sakit mong paintindihon(please add an English translation of this usage example)

## Blagar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abaŋ/

### Noun

abang
* village

### References

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

## Brunei Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abaŋ/
* Hyphenation: a‧bang

### Noun

abang
* older brother

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧bang

### Verb

abang
* to lease; to rent
* to hire a prostitute

### Noun

abang
* a lease
* a rent

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:abang.

### Anagrams

* baang, banag, banga

## Central Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦧꦁ (abang).

### Adjective

abang
* 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.

## Dupaningan Agta
### Noun

abang
* boat

## Hiligaynon
### Noun

abáng
* avarice, greediness

### Verb

ábang
* to be within range of a fire

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

From Malay abang, from Classical Malay ابڠ (abang), from Old Malay habaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *abaŋ (*aba +‎ *-ŋ), *aba (“father”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈabaŋ]
* Hyphenation: abang

#### Noun

abang (plural)
* (literally or figuratively, chiefly Sumatra, West Kalimantan and Jakarta) elder brother
    Umur abang saya lebih besar tiga tahun. ― My brother is three years older than me.
** anyone slightly older than self
    Nanti malam aku akan ke rumah abang. ― Tonight, I will go to my elder brother's house.
* (chiefly West Kalimantan, Sumatra) a form of address to the husband in a marriage or marital relationship

##### Usage notes

Used to address an elder brother or cousin, a male friend (who is older than oneself is), a husband or a boyfriend. Sometimes used before a name (Bang Samsul, etc). This form of address is used in the Malay-influenced regions (Sumatra, West Kalimantan and Jakarta).

##### Synonyms

* (older brother): see Thesaurus:abang

##### Derived terms

* berabang

### Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦲꦧꦁ (abang, “red”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈabaŋ]
* Hyphenation: abang

#### Adjective

abang
* red
    Synonym: merah

##### Related terms

* abangan

### Further reading

* “abang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

abang
* Romanization of ꦲꦧꦁ

## Karao
### Noun

abang
* rent money

## Makasar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈabaŋ]

### Noun

abang (Lontara spelling ᨕᨅ)
* (anatomy) forehead

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* (Etymology 1): bang, bung

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [a.baŋ]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
* Rhymes: -baŋ, -aŋ
* Hyphenation: a‧bang

### Etymology 1

From Classical Malay ابڠ (abang), from Old Malay habaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *abaŋ (*aba +‎ *-ŋ), *aba (“father”). Doublet of awang. Sense of older sister in south of the Peninsular and Riau displaced by kakak.

#### Noun

abang (Jawi spelling ابڠ, plural abang-abang, informal 1st possessive abangku, 2nd possessive abangmu, 3rd possessive abangnya)
* An older brother or male sibling.
* (obsolete, Johor, Riau) - older sister or female sibling, ellipsis of abang perempuan.
    Synonym: kakak
* form of address to a male a little older than oneself, but sometimes also to an elder son.
* form of address used by a wife to a husband.
    Synonyms: kanda, sayang

#### Affixations

* berabang
* berabangkan

##### Compounds

* abang angkat (“adoptive brother”)
* abang ipar (“brother-in-law”)
* abang kandung (“biological brother”)
* abang tiri (“stepbrother”)

### Descendants

* Malay: Bang, abam
* Indonesian: abang
* → Min Nan: 阿班 (a-pan)
* → Thai: บัง (bang)

#### See also

* kakak
* kakanda - in royal register
* engko
* nana
* uda

### Etymology 2

From Javanese abang.

#### Noun

abang (Jawi spelling ابڠ)
* (rare) The colour red.
    Synonym: merah

### References

* ↑ Claudine Salmon (2009) “Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges”, in Archipel‎, volume 78, page 198
* 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 | Malay Literary Reference Centre, 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

## Sambali
### Noun

abang
* rent

## Simalungun Batak
### Noun

abang
* abang

### References

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

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *abaŋ, from Proto-Philippine *abaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaŋ. Compare Aklanon abang, Balinese ᬳᬫ᭄ᬩᬂ (ambang), and Kambera amba.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔaˈbaŋ/ [ʔɐˈbaŋ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aŋ
* Syllabification: a‧bang

### Noun

abáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜅ᜔)
* watcher
    Synonyms: bakay, bantay, guwardiya, tanod
* trap; snare (placed or set up strategically)
* act of waiting (for a person, an opportunity, etc.)
    Synonyms: abat, pag-abat
* act of setting up a trap or snare

#### Derived terms

* abangan
* ipag-abang
* mag-abang
* mag-abang-abang
* mang-abang
* mangabang
* pag-aabang
* pag-abang
* pangangabang
* tagaabang

### Further reading

* “abang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*abaŋ₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Anagrams

* gaban, banga, baang

## Yogad
### Noun

abáng
* boat