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Dagat Itim

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Possibly a calque of English Black Sea. Ultimately, a calque of Ottoman Turkish قره دكز (Kara Deñiz, “Black Sea”).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌdaɡat ʔiˈtim/ [ˌd̪aː.ɣɐt̪ ʔɪˈt̪im]
  • Rhymes: -im
  • Syllabification: Da‧gat I‧tim

Proper noun

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Dagat Itím (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜄᜆ᜔ ᜁᜆᜒᜋ᜔)

  1. Black Sea

References

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  • “Dagat Itim”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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