orasyon

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oración, from Latin ōrātiō.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔoɾasˈjon/ [ʔo.ɾɐˈʃon̪]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔoɾasˈjon/ [ʔo.ɾɐsˈjon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: o‧ras‧yon
• Homophone: Oracion

Noun

orasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

1. prayer; orison

   Synonyms: dasal, pagdarasal, dalangin, panalangin, ngadyi

2. evening prayers; vespers
3. (Christianity) Angelus

   Synonym: Anghelus

4. invocation (calling upon God in prayer)

   Synonym: imbokasyon

5. (grammar) sentence

   Synonym: pangungusap

6. incantation used in conjuring

   Synonym: bulong

Derived terms

• mag-orasyon
• orasyunan
• pag-orasyunan

Related terms

• orador
• oratorya
• oratoryo

Further reading

• “orasyon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 454: “Oraçion) Oraſion (pc) C. mẽtal o bocal ( q̃ ya la vſan eſtos naturales la gloria ſea al [altiſimo] Dios.”