birhen
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish virgen (“virgin”), from Latin virginem, singular accusative of virgō. Doublet of birsin.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbiɾhen/ [ˈbiɾ.hɛn̪], /biɾˈhen/ [bɪɾˈhɛn̪]
- Rhymes: -iɾhen, -en
- Syllabification: bir‧hen
Noun
[edit]birhen or birhén (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜑᜒᜈ᜔)
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “birhen”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Categories:
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Latin
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/iɾhen
- Rhymes:Tagalog/iɾhen/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Tagalog/en
- Rhymes:Tagalog/en/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script