# palang
## English
### Noun

palang (plural palangs)
* Synonym of ampallang (“type of genital piercing”)

### Anagrams

* Nagpal

## Amis
### Noun

palang
* crow

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Reconstructed as peng- +‎ alang, halang (“to obstruct”), from Malay palang, from Old Javanese palaṅ (“crossbeam”), pa- +‎ alaṅ, halaṅ (“obstruct”) (compare Javanese ꦥꦭꦁ (palang, “obstacle, thwart”)). Doublet of pengalang and penghalang.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpalaŋ/
* Rhymes: -laŋ, -aŋ, -ŋ
* Hyphenation: pa‧lang

### Noun

palang (plural palang-palang)
* crossbeam, bar
* bolt, pawl.
* cross.

#### Derived terms

* berpalang
* dipalang
* dipalangi
* memalang
* memalangi
* memalangkan
* mempalang
* pemalangan
* palang angin
* palang atas gawang
* palang awan
* palang bertingkat
* Palang Hitam
* palang horizontal
* palang jalan
* palang jalan kereta api
* Palang Merah
* palang pintu
* palang sejajar
* palang tunggal

### Further reading

* “palang” 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

palang
* Romanization of ꦥꦭꦁ

## Khalaj

| Perso-Arabic | Perso-Arabic | پَلَنگ |

### Alternative forms

* pələng

### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پلنگ (palang)

### Pronunciation

* (Talxâbî) IPA: [palaŋɡ̊]

### Noun

palang (definite accusative palangı, plural palanglar)
* leopard
* tiger
    Synonym: bəbr

#### Declension
### References

* Doerfer, Gerhard (1971) Khalaj Materials, Indiana University, →ISBN

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaŋ. Cognate with Iban palang, Kelabit palang and Javanese ꦥꦭꦁ (palang, “obstacle, thwart”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /palaŋ/
* Rhymes: -laŋ, -aŋ

### Noun

palang (Jawi spelling ڤالڠ, plural palang-palang, informal 1st possessive palangku, 2nd possessive palangmu, 3rd possessive palangnya)
* A crossbar, crossbeam, crosspiece or bar.
    Synonym: sengkang
* cross (figure, post)
    Synonyms: sengkang, salib

#### Affixations

* dipalangi
* dipalangkan
* memalangi
* memalangkan
* palangi
* palangkan

#### Compounds

* palang gol
* palang jalan
* Palang Merah
* palang pintu

### Verb

palang (Jawi spelling ڤالڠ)
* (transitive) To install a crossbar or crosspiece on something.
* (transitive) To mark a cross on something.

#### Affixations

* dipalang
* memalang

### Descendants

* Indonesian: palang

### Further reading

* “palang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*palaŋ₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Mokilese
### Verb

palang
* (transitive) to dry clothes

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /paˈlaŋ/ [pɐˈlaŋ]
* Rhymes: -aŋ
* Syllabification: pa‧lang

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay parang.

#### Noun

paláng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜅ᜔)
* a type of bolo; large knife; butcher's knife

### Etymology 2

From univerbation of pa +‎ lang.

#### Adverb

paláng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜅ᜔) (colloquial)
* just yet; only; still; only still