demang

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦢꦼꦩꦁ (demang, “village head; court official title; customary law expert”), from Old Javanese dĕmaṅ, dĕmuṅ (“name of a functionary at the court”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dəˈmaŋ/
  • Rhymes: -maŋ, -aŋ, -ŋ
  • Hyphenation: dê‧mang

Noun

dêmang (plural demang-demang)

  1. (historical) district head (first in Java and later in South and Central Sumatra)
    Synonyms: kepala distrik, wedana

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

demang

  1. romanization of ꦢꦼꦩꦁ
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