alkasar

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcázar, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic اَلْقَصْر (al-qaṣr, “the castle”), from Aramaic קַצְרָא (qaṣrā), from Latin castrum. Doublet of kastro.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalkaˈsaɾ/ [ʔɐl.kɐˈsaɾ], /ʔalˈkasaɾ/ [ʔɐlˈkaː.sɐɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ, -asaɾ
• Syllabification: al‧ka‧sar

Noun

alkasár or alkasar (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜐᜇ᜔)

1. fortress

   Synonyms: kuta, moog, muralya, tanggulan

2. palace

   Synonym: palasyo

3. mansion

   Synonym: mansiyon

Related terms

• Alcazar
• Kastila
• Kastilya
• kastilyeho
• kastilyero
• kastilyo
• kastro

Further reading

• “alkasar”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 31
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 22