# parang
## English
### Etymology 1

From Malay parang.

#### Noun

parang (plural parangs)
* A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia as a tool and weapon.
** 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 124:“The bastards are quietly-quietly sharpening their parangs.”

#### Verb

parang (third-person singular simple present parangs, present participle paranging, simple past and past participle paranged)
* To cut with a parang

#### See also

* bolo (Filipino)
* golok (Indonesian & Malaysian)
* machete

### Etymology 2

Spanish parranda (“merry-making or a group of serenaders”).

#### Noun

parang (countable and uncountable, plural parangs)
* A style of music originating from Trinidad and Tobago, strongly influenced by Venezuelan music.

#### Verb

parang (third-person singular simple present parangs, present participle paranging, simple past and past participle paranged)
* To play parang music

### Anagrams

* NAGPRA

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈparaŋ/
* Hyphenation: pa‧rang
* Rhymes: -raŋ, -aŋ, -ŋ

### Etymology 1

From Malay parang, from Proto-Malayic *paraŋ.
* The sense as classic batik motif is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦥꦫꦁ (parang, “batik pattern”, literally “cliff; knife, chopper, cleaver”), from Old Javanese paraṅ (“rock, crag”).

#### Noun

parang (plural parang-parang)
* a short, heavy, straight-edged knife or machete
* a classic batik motif
* (zoology) dorab wolf-herring (Chirocentrus dorab)
    Synonyms: bale-bale, pacal, parang, parang-parang, tegap

##### Derived terms

* berparang
* memarang
* memarangkan
* parang bungkul
* parang latuk
* parang puting

### Etymology 2
#### Root

parang
* see parangan entry

### Further reading

* “parang” 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

parang
* Romanization of ꦥꦫꦁ

## Makasar
### Etymology

From Proto-South Sulawesi *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈparaŋ/, [ˈpʰa.rãŋ]
* Hyphenation: pa‧rang

### Noun

parang (Lontara spelling ᨄᨉ)
* field, treeless plain

#### Derived terms

* apparang
* balla'-balla' parang

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *paraŋ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paraŋ/
* Rhymes: -araŋ, -raŋ, -aŋ

### Noun

parang (Jawi spelling ڤارڠ, plural parang-parang, informal 1st possessive parangku, 2nd possessive parangmu, 3rd possessive parangnya)
* a short, heavy, straight-edged knife or machete

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* memarang [agent focus] (meN-)
* berparang [stative / habitual] (beR-)

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: parang
* → English: parang
* → Macanese: parám
* → Tagalog: paláng

### Further reading

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

## North Moluccan Malay
### Etymology 1

From Malay parang.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈparaŋ/
* Hyphenation: pa‧rang

#### Noun

parang
* parang (a short, heavy, straight-edged knife)

##### Derived terms

* bakuparang

### Etymology 2

From Malay perang

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈraŋ/
* Hyphenation: pa‧rang

#### Noun

paráng
* war

#### Verb

paráng
* to war

##### Derived terms

* bakuparang

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈpaɾaŋ/ [ˈpaː.ɾɐŋ]
* Rhymes: -aɾaŋ
* Syllabification: pa‧rang

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

#### Noun

parang (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜅ᜔)
* meadow; prairie

##### Derived terms

* dagang-parang
* pakong-parang

### Etymology 2

From para +‎ -ng (enclitic).

#### Adjective

parang (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜅ᜔)
* Alternative form of para

##### Usage notes

* See more at para.

## Tausug
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /paɾaŋ/ [paˈɾaŋ]
* Rhymes: -aŋ
* Syllabification: pa‧rang

### Noun

parang (Sulat Sūg spelling فَرَڠْ)
* grass

#### Derived terms

* kaparangan
* parang musar