alpanghe
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish alfanje, from Andalusian Arabic الخنجر (al-ḵánjar, “dagger”), from Classical Arabic خَنْجَر (ḵanjar, “dagger”), from Classical Persian خنجر (xanjar).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalˈpaŋhe/ [ʔɐlˈpaŋ.hɛ]
- Rhymes: -aŋhe
- Syllabification: al‧pang‧he
Noun
[edit]alpanghe (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜒ)
- cutlass (a short sword with a curved blade)
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “alpanghe”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “alpanghe”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- 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 24
Categories:
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Andalusian Arabic
- Tagalog terms derived from Arabic
- Tagalog terms derived from Classical Persian
- Tagalog 3-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aŋhe
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aŋhe/3 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Nautical
- tl:Swords