padang
English
Anagrams
Acehnese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).
Balinese
Bau Bidayuh
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).
Hanunoo
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).
Iban
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).
Noun
padang
- field; meadow
- large space covered with one kind of vegetation
- freshwater swamp, usually flooded and supporting few plants
Derived terms
- padang bilun (“airport”)
Ida'an
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).
Karo Batak
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).
Kelabit
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /padaŋ/
- Rhymes: -adaŋ, -daŋ, -aŋ
Noun
padang (Jawi spelling ڤادڠ, plural padang-padang, informal 1st possessive padangku, 2nd possessive padangmu, 3rd possessive padangnya)
- field (land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “padang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Mandar
Etymology
From Proto-South Sulawesi *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).
Noun
padang (Lontara spelling ᨄᨉᨂ)
- sword grass, Imperata cylindrica
- vegetation that resembles the stem of the rice plants, sword grass, very hard to eradicate except by digging up the roots.
Minangkabau
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).
Mongondow
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).
Ngaju
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).
Tae'
Etymology
From Proto-South Sulawesi *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).
Toba Batak
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).