tsarol

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sarol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish charol (“patent leather”), from Portuguese charão (“oriental lacquer”), from Hokkien 漆料 (chhat-liāu, “lacquerware; painting material”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈɾol/ [t͡ʃɐˈɾol]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /tsaˈɾol/ [t͡sɐˈɾol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: tsa‧rol

Noun

tsaról (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜇᜓᜎ᜔)

1. patent leather

See also

• biton
• katad

 

Further reading

• “tsarol”, 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 180