elang

From Malay elang ultimately from Austroasiatic either via Javanese elang from Old Javanese hĕlaṅ (“bird of prey”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈəlaŋ/
• Rhymes: -əlaŋ, -laŋ, -aŋ, -ŋ
• Hyphenation: êlang

êlang (plural elang-elang, first-person possessive elangku, second-person possessive elangmu, third-person possessive elangnya)

1. (zoology) eagle (Any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae)
2. (zoology) buzzard or any large bird of prey

• helang (Old Javanese spelling alternative)
• lang

From Sundanese [Term?]. Cognate of Javanese ꦭꦤꦁ (lanang, “male”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈelaŋ/
• Rhymes: -elaŋ, -laŋ, -aŋ, -ŋ
• Hyphenation: élang

élang (plural elang-elang, first-person possessive elangku, second-person possessive elangmu, third-person possessive elangnya)

1. the title for prince of Sultanate of Cirebon

• lang

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈelaŋ/
• Rhymes: -elaŋ, -laŋ, -aŋ, -ŋ
• Hyphenation: élang

élang (plural elang-elang, first-person possessive elangku, second-person possessive elangmu, third-person possessive elangnya)

1. bamboo basket

• “elang” 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 Austroasiatic; compare Bahnar klang, Pacoh calang, Khmer ខ្លែង (khlaeng), Mang laːŋ¹, Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] kalâng and Chong kʰlaːˀŋ. Doublet of helang and lang.

• IPA^(key): /əlaŋ/
• Rhymes: -laŋ, -aŋ

elang (Jawi spelling الڠ, plural elang-elang, informal 1st possessive elangku, 2nd possessive elangmu, 3rd possessive elangnya)

1. eagle (Any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae)

   Synonyms: helang, lang

• Indonesian: elang

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “الڠ ĕlang (ook lang)”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 17
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “الڠ ĕlang”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 31
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “ĕlang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 298

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