Kababaihan

See also: kababaihan

Tagalog

Etymology

From kababaihan. Calque of Arabic النِّسَاء (an-nisāʔ, “the women”). See also Arabic سُورَةُ النِّسَاءِ (sūratu n-nisāʔi).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kababaˈʔihan/ [kɐ.bɐ.bɐˈʔiː.hɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -ihan
• Syllabification: Ka‧ba‧ba‧i‧han

Proper noun

Kababaihan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜊᜁᜑᜈ᜔) (Islam)

1. Women (4th sura of the Qur'an)