Inherited fromMalayperang.
pêrang (pluralperang-perang)
- war(conflict involving organized use of arms)
pérang (comparativelebih perang,superlativepaling perang)
- nonstandard form ofpirang(“blond”)
perang
- war
Perhaps related toparang(“parang, machete”). Compare toJavaneseperang andToba Batakporang.(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
perang (Jawi spellingڤرڠ,pluralperang-perangorperang2)
- war(conflict involving organized use of arms)
Possibly fromPersianافرنگ(“Frank, any white European”), fromOld Frenchfranc.Doublet ofpirang,Peringgi(“European, Western”), andPerancis(“France, French”).
Originally describedsallow orwan tones of any dark colour.
perang (Jawi spellingڤيرڠ,comparativelebih perang,superlativepaling perang)
- brown(having brown colour)[since 20th century]
- (obsolete)pale,wan
- hitamperang(obsolete) bluish-grey colour ofslate, lit. 'pale black'
- Synonym:pucat
- reddish (of hair)
perang (pluralperang-perangorperang2)
- brown(colour)[since 20th century]
- Synonyms:pirang,(of food)merah,coklat,cokelat
- (obsolete)pallor
- Synonym:kepucatan
- (obsolete)blond, of a pale yellowish (golden brown) color
- Synonym:kuning tanah
perang:
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “ڤيرڠ perang”, inMaleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page69
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “ڤيرڠ perang”, inA Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page485
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “perang”, inA Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page250
