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Is pinang a Scrabble word?

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

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Is pinang a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pinang is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Is pinang a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word pinang is a Words With Friends word. The word pinang is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (3 found)

NAPING,PANING,PINANG,

5-letter words (4 found)

APING,INGAN,PANNI,PINNA,

4-letter words (12 found)

AGIN,GAIN,GINN,NAIN,NANG,NGAI,NIPA,PAIN,PANG,PIAN,PINA,PING,

3-letter words (17 found)

AIN,ANI,ANN,GAN,GAP,GIN,GIP,ING,INN,NAG,NAN,NAP,NIP,PAN,PIA,PIG,PIN,

2-letter words (8 found)

AG,AI,AN,GI,IN,NA,PA,PI,

You can make 44 words from pinang according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pinang

pinang

Noun

pinang (plural pinangs)

  1. A palm of the genus Nenga, endemic to Southeast Asia.

Anagrams

  • Anping, naping, paning

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pinang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpinaŋ]
  • Hyphenation: pi‧nang

Noun

pinang (first-person possessive pinangku, second-person possessive pinangmu, third-person possessive pinangnya)

  1. betelnut

Hyponyms

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Verb

pinang

  1. to propose a girl or woman; to ask someone's hand (in marriage).

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Malay

Etymology

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (pinaṃ).

Noun

pinang (Jawi spelling ڤينڠ, plural pinang-pinang, informal 1st possessive pinangku, 2nd possessive pinangmu, 3rd possessive pinangnya)

  1. betelnut

Descendants

  • Indonesian: pinang
  • → English: pinang
  • → Hokkien: 檳榔／槟榔 (pin-nn̂g)

Further reading

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

Maranao

Noun

pinang

  1. cannonball
    Synonym: pitonang

References

  • A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

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