sayang.
love (a profound and caring affection towards someone)
Meaning & usage
love (a profound and caring affection towards someone)
an affectionate term of address: darling
a term of endearment used to refer to or address one's girlfriend, boyfriend or spouse: baby
Where this word comes from
From Malay sayang (“love; it were a pity; alas that”), from either: * Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sayaŋ (“too bad! it’s a pity! what a shame!”); or * New/Middle Indo-Aryan (such as Punjabi [script needed] (sāīyā̃, “master”) and Nepali सैयाँ (saiyā̃, “master”)), from Sanskrit स्वामी (svāmī), singular nominative of स्वामिन् (svāmín). Therefore, doublet of suami.
alas, what a pity, what a shame, what a waste
Sayang sekali!
Where this word comes from
From Malay sayang (“love; it were a pity; alas that”), from either: * Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sayaŋ (“too bad! it’s a pity! what a shame!”); or * New/Middle Indo-Aryan (such as Punjabi [script needed] (sāīyā̃, “master”) and Nepali सैयाँ (saiyā̃, “master”)), from Sanskrit स्वामी (svāmī), singular nominative of स्वामिन् (svāmín). Therefore, doublet of suami.
to love
Where this word comes from
From Malay sayang (“love; it were a pity; alas that”), from either: * Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sayaŋ (“too bad! it’s a pity! what a shame!”); or * New/Middle Indo-Aryan (such as Punjabi [script needed] (sāīyā̃, “master”) and Nepali सैयाँ (saiyā̃, “master”)), from Sanskrit स्वामी (svāmī), singular nominative of स्वामिन् (svāmín). Therefore, doublet of suami.
waste, wasteful
Where this word comes from
From Malay sayang (“love; it were a pity; alas that”), from either: * Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sayaŋ (“too bad! it’s a pity! what a shame!”); or * New/Middle Indo-Aryan (such as Punjabi [script needed] (sāīyā̃, “master”) and Nepali सैयाँ (saiyā̃, “master”)), from Sanskrit स्वामी (svāmī), singular nominative of स्वामिन् (svāmín). Therefore, doublet of suami.
coppersmith (person)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦪꦁ (sayang, “coppersmith”), from Old Javanese sayaṅ (“coppersmith”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.