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Yes. The word parang is a Scrabble US word. The word parang is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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P3A1R1A1N1G2

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6-letter words (1 found)

PARANG,

5-letter words (8 found)

APGAR,ARGAN,GRANA,PAGAN,PANGA,PRANA,PRANG,RANGA,

4-letter words (14 found)

AGAR,ANGA,ARNA,ARPA,GNAR,GRAN,NAGA,NAPA,PAAN,PANG,PARA,RAGA,RANA,RANG,

3-letter words (12 found)

AGA,ANA,GAN,GAP,GAR,NAG,NAP,PAN,PAR,RAG,RAN,RAP,

2-letter words (6 found)

AA,AG,AN,AR,NA,PA,

You can make 41 words from parang according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of parang

parang

Etymology 1

From Malay parang.

Noun

parang (plural parangs)

  1. A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia as a tool and weapon.

Verb

parang (third-person singular simple present parangs, present participle paranging, simple past and past participle paranged)

  1. To cut with a parang

See also

  • bolo (Filipino)
  • golok (Indonesian & Malaysian)
  • machete

Etymology 2

Spanish parranda (“merry-making or a group of serenaders”).

Noun

parang (countable and uncountable, plural parangs)

  1. A style of music originating from Trinidad and Tobago, strongly influenced by Venezuelan music.

Verb

parang (third-person singular simple present parangs, present participle paranging, simple past and past participle paranged)

  1. To play parang music

Anagrams

  • NAGPRA

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈparaŋ/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧rang
  • Rhymes: -raŋ, -aŋ, -ŋ

Etymology 1

From Malay parang, from Proto-Malayic *paraŋ.

  • The sense as classic batik motif is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦥꦫꦁ (parang, “batik pattern”, literally “cliff; knife, chopper, cleaver”), from Old Javanese paraṅ (“rock, crag”).

Noun

parang (first-person possessive parangku, second-person possessive parangmu, third-person possessive parangnya)

  1. a short, heavy, straight-edged knife or machete.
  2. a classic batik motif.
  3. (zoology) dorab wolf-herring (Chirocentrus dorab).
    Synonyms: bale-bale, pacal, parang, parang-parang, tegap
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Root

parang

  1. see parangan entry

Further reading

  • “parang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-South Sulawesi *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈparaŋ/, [ˈpʰa.rãŋ]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧rang

Noun

parang (Lontara spelling ᨄᨉ)

  1. field, treeless plain

Derived terms

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *paraŋ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paraŋ/
  • Rhymes: -araŋ, -raŋ, -aŋ

Noun

parang (Jawi spelling ڤارڠ, plural parang-parang, informal 1st possessive parangku, 2nd possessive parangmu, 3rd possessive parangnya)

  1. a short, heavy, straight-edged knife or machete

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: parang
  • → English: parang
  • → Macanese: parám
  • → Tagalog: paláng

Further reading

  • “parang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈpaɾaŋ/, [ˈpa.ɾɐŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾaŋ
  • Syllabification: pa‧rang

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

Noun

parang (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜅ᜔)

  1. meadow; prairie
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From para +‎ -ng (“enclitic”).

Adjective

parang (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜅ᜔)

  1. Alternative form of para

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

Noun

parang

  1. grass

Derived terms


Source: wiktionary.org