dalang

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *cala.

dalang

1. tongue

From Malay dalang, from Classical Malay دالڠ (dalang), from Old Javanese ḍalaṅ (“puppeteer”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̪alaŋ]
• Hyphenation: da‧lang

dalang

1. puppeteer
2. (figurative) mastermind

• “dalang” 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.

From Old Javanese ḍalaṅ (“puppeteer”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdalaŋ/ [ˈda.laŋ]

dalang (Jawi spelling دالڠ, plural dalang-dalang, informal 1st possessive dalangku, 2nd possessive dalangmu, 3rd possessive dalangnya)

1. puppeteer
2. (figurative) mastermind
3. (Malaysia) animator

   Synonym: juruanimasi

• Indonesian: dalang

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “دالڠ dalang”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 123
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “دالڠ dalang”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 286
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “dalang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 250-1
• Mansor Puteh (1989) Glosari Perfileman, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka & Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia, page 21

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

Borrowed from Malay jarang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaʀaŋ.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdalaŋ/ [ˈd̪aː.lɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -alaŋ
• Syllabification: da‧lang

dalang (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜅ᜔)

1. infrequency; rarity; scarcity; sparseness (of visits, houses, hair, people, etc.)

   Synonyms: pagkabihira, kabihiraan, kadalangan, pagkamadalang

2. slowness; sluggishness (such as one's heartbeat)

   Synonyms: bagal, kabagalan, kupad, kakuparan

3. condition of being set far apart then usual

   Synonyms: pagkalayo-layo, pagkahiwa-hiwalay

• salirangdang

• “dalang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• dangal