bighani

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bichani — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• bidhani, birhani, bikhani — obsolete

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit विघ्न (vighna, “impediment; hindrance; disturbance”). Compare Kapampangan bigani, Javanese ꦮꦶꦒꦼꦤ (wigena, “hindrance”) and Old Javanese wighani (“disturbed”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /biɡˈhaniʔ/ [bɪɡˈhaː.n̪ɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -aniʔ
• Syllabification: big‧ha‧ni

Noun

bighanì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜑᜈᜒ)

1. charm; attraction; allurement; fascination

   Synonyms: akit, hikayat

2. seduction
3. (obsolete) incitation; instigation
4. (obsolete) impulse; impetus
5. (chiefly in the negative, obsolete) inquietude; restlessness; irritability
6. (obsolete) shaking lazily and reluctantly

Derived terms

• bighaniin
• bumighani
• kabigha-bighani
• kabighanian
• mabighani
• makabighani
• mamighani
• mangbibighani
• nakabibighani
• pagbighani
• pagkabighani

See also

• balani
• balisa
• gayuma

Further reading

• “bighani”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “bighani”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 124.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 368: “Inquieto) Birhani (pp) a locado”
  • page 368: “Inquieto) Bighani (pp) y desaſoſegado”
  • page 458: “Pacifico) Birhani (pp) vſaſe cõ negatiua, indi mabirhani, es muy paçifico .|. noſe inquieta por poco, ano mang yparaya ſa caniya indi mabibirhani ang caniyang loob, noſe al borota aunq̃ mas lehagã”
  • page 458: “Paçifico) Bighani (pp) y de coraçon manſo ya de ſer con negatiua, de mabighani, es paçifico, noſe alborota de nada, loob na di mabighani muntic man, coraçon paçifico y quieto.”
  • page 527: “Repoſado) Birhani (pp) en ſus coſas, di mabirhani, ſale de birhani, quietud”
• Pardo de Tavera, Trinidad Hermenegildo (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog, la Faculté de médecine, A. Davy, page 23

Anagrams

• gab-ihin, gabihin