Etymology

Abangan

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Today it means: A Muslim Javanese person who practices a much more syncretic version of Islam than the more orthodox santri. Full definition →

Javanese ꦲꦧꦔꦤ꧀
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The story

  1. Javanese · borrowed fromꦲꦧꦔꦤ꧀“red colouring”
  2. English todayAbangan

Possibly from Javanese ꦲꦧꦔꦤ꧀ (abangan, “red colouring”), from ꦲꦧꦁ (abang, “red”).

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