Edad Medya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Edad Media (“Middle Ages”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔeˌdad ˈmedja/ [ʔɛˌd̪ad̪ ˈmɛː.d͡ʒɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔeˌdad ˈmedja/ [ʔɛˌd̪ad̪ ˈmɛd̪.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -edja
• Syllabification: E‧dad Med‧ya

Proper noun

Edád Medya (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇᜇ᜔ ᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜌ)

1. (historical) Middle Ages

   Synonym: Gitnang Panahon

   • 2019 May 16, Isa Lacuna, “Ang Birhen at ang Hari ng mga Bagyo”, in Katipunan ng mga Pag-aaral sa Wika, Panitikan, Sining at Kulturang Filipino‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 October 2021, page 134:

     Naglakbay ang mga Dominikano sa kalakhan ng Europa noong Edad Medya, at noong Panahon ng Pagtuklas, nakaabot sa kalayuan ng California, Carribean,^[sic] Mexico, at Peru sa Bagong Daigdig.

     Dominicans traveled much of Europe in the Middle Ages, and during the Age of Discovery, reaching as far as California, the Caribbean, Mexico, and Peru to the New World.

Further reading

• “Edad Medya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018