beurang

Sundanese

Etymology

Ultimately probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *raaŋʔ (light, to shine) (compare Vietnamese rạng (to dawn; be brightened, be lightened), Khmer ស្រាង (sraang, to glimmer)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɨ.raŋ/

Noun

beurang (Sundanese script ᮘᮩᮛᮀ)

  1. day; daytime; the daylight hours (an advanced period in the day, towards noon)
  2. (colloquial) daylight, period contrasted with night (peuting)