orang

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈræŋ/, /oʊˈræŋ/, /əˈɹæŋ/

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orang (plural orangs)

1. An orangutan.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 115:

     To judge from its sinuses, Hispanopithecus crusafonti is the earliest known hominine (the group including all great apes except orangs).

• nagor, grano, angor, organ, rango, groan, rag on, Goran, Organ, Ongar, Angor, Agron, argon, Garon, Rogan, Grano, Ragon, Ronga

From Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (“outsider”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (“outsider”).

• IPA^(key): /uəraəŋ/
• Rhymes: -aəŋ
• Hyphenation: o‧rang

orang

1. person, people

• urang (dialectal, uncommon)

From Malay orang, from Old Malay urang, from Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (“person”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (“outsider”). Doublet of bong and wong.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈoraŋ/ [ˈo.raŋ]

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• Rhymes: -oraŋ
• Syllabification: o‧rang

orang

1. human, person

   Synonyms: insan, manusia

2. a vassal; a subject.
3. a subordinate.
4. a person who belongs to a particular group,
   1. citizen

      Synonyms: rakyat, warga negara

   2. inhabitant

      Synonym: penduduk

   3. race, ethnic

      Synonym: suku bangsa

   4. foreigner
5. third person

orang (singular seorang)

1. (chiefly formal) Used to count humans.

   dua orang anak ― two [people of] children

orang

1. (dialectal or obsolete) because

   Synonyms: gara-gara, karena

• “orang” 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.

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (“person”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (“outsider”). Possible cognate with Javanese wong.

First attested in the Telaga Batu inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (urang).

• IPA^(key): /ˈoraŋ/ [ˈo.raŋ]
• Rhymes: -raŋ, -aŋ

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orang (Jawi spelling اورڠ, informal 1st possessive orangku, 2nd possessive orangmu, 3rd possessive orangnya)

1. person; people
2. human being

   Synonym: manusia

• Indonesian: orang

orang (singular seorang)

1. classifier for human beings

   seorang lelaki ― a man

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

orang

1. scorpion

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya