bāng

See also: bang, bàng, bâng, băng, bằng, bảng, bǎng, and bång

Jersey Dutch

Etymology

From Dutch bang (“afraid”), from Middle Dutch banghe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑŋ/

Adjective

bāng

1. afraid

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• bang — nonstandard
• bāŋ — very rare shorthand

Romanization

bāng (bang¹, Zhuyin ㄅㄤ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 垹
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 帮
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 幇
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 幚
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 幫／帮
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 捠
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 梆
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 浜
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 縍／𫄰
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 邦
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 邫
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鞤

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay bang, from Persian بانگ (bâng, “voice, sound, noise, cry”), from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭠𐭭𐭢 (ʿʾng /⁠vāng⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /baːŋ/ [ˈbaːŋ]
• Rhymes: -aːŋ
• Syllabification: bāng

Noun

bāng (Sulat Sūg spelling بَاڠْ)

1. (Islam) call to prayer

   Synonym: adhan

Derived terms

• magbabāng (“muezzin”)