alkayseriya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcaicería, from Andalusian Arabic القَيْصَرِيَّة (alqayṣaríyya), from Arabic قَيْصَر (qayṣar, “Caesar; emperor”), in turn from Ancient Greek Καῖσᾰρ (Kaîsar), from Latin Caesar, after the fact that such marketplaces in Andalusia were built by imperial decree.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalkajseˈɾia/ [ʔɐl.kaɪ̯.sɛˈɾiː.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: al‧kay‧se‧ri‧ya

Noun

alkayseriya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜌ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜒᜌ)

1. (historical) marketplace and residence of the Chinese in Manila during the Spanish period

   Synonym: parian

2. (trading) marketplace of silk, cotton, and other materials for trade

   Synonyms: pamilihan, parian

Related terms

• Kayser

 

Further reading

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