Mesiyas

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Mesyas

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Mesías (“Messiah”), from Late Latin Messīās, from Ancient Greek Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās), from Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā), from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, “anointed”). See also Kristo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /meˈsias/ [mɛˈsiː.ɐs], /ˈmesias/ [ˈmɛː.ʃɐs]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˈmesias/ [ˈmɛː.sjɐs]
• Rhymes: -ias, -esias
• Syllabification: Me‧si‧yas

Proper noun

Mesiyas or Mésiyás (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐᜒᜌᜐ᜔)

1. (Christianity) Messiah

Related terms

• mesiyaniko

 

Further reading

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