karagatan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• caragatan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From dagat +‎ ka- -an. Compare Cebuano kadagatan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaɾaɡaˈtan/ [kɐ.ɾɐ.ɣɐˈt̪an̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ka‧ra‧ga‧tan

Noun

karagatán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜄᜆᜈ᜔)

1. ocean

   Synonyms: (rare) oseano, (rare) neptuno

2. deep sea; midsea; high seas

   Synonyms: laot, (obsolete) wala

3. (literary, historical) type of poetic battle, usually done on wakes, based on the loss by a princess of her ring in midsea

Derived terms

• Karagatang Antartiko
• Karagatang Artiko
• Karagatang Atlantiko
• Karagatang Indian
• Karagatang Indiko
• Karagatang Pasipiko
• Tala ng Karagatan

Further reading

• “karagatan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “karagatan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 458.

Yogad

Etymology

From dagat +‎ ka- -an.

Noun

karagatán

1. seashore; beach; place with plentiful sand