orang

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

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).

Anagrams

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

orang

1. person, people

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oraŋ
• Syllabification: o‧rang

Noun

orang (plural orang-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

Classifier

orang (singular seorang)

1. (chiefly formal) used to count humans

   dua orang anak ― two [people of] children

Conjunction

orang

1. (dialectal or obsolete) because

   Synonyms: gara-gara, karena

Further reading

• “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.