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  • Hyphenation: da‧yang

dayang

  1. brassy chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis)

dayang (Jawi spelling دايڠ, plural dayang-dayang, informal 1st possessive dayangku, 2nd possessive dayangmu, 3rd possessive dayangnya)

  1. lady-in-waiting

dayang

  1. lady

dayang

  1. Romanization of ᮓᮚᮀ

Compare Malay dayang and Maranao dayang.

dayang (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜌᜅ᜔)

  1. (historical) title of a noble lady in most of precolonial Philippines

dayang (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜌᜅ᜔)

  1. a kind of ruellia (Ruellia blechum)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “possibly related to Etymology 2?”)

dayáng (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜌᜅ᜔)

  1. a kind of Cyathula plant (Cyathula prostrata)