alakdan
See also: Alakdan
Bikol Central edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alakdán (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)
- Alternative form of alakran
Kapampangan edit
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Etymology edit
From an alteration of Spanish alacrán, from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab, “scorpion”).
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alakdan
Pangasinan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Kapampangan alakdan or Tagalog alakdan, from Spanish alacrán, from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab, “scorpion”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alakdán
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish alacrán (corrupted by /d/-/r/ allophony), from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab, “scorpion”). Doublet of anaklang.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalakˈdan/, [ʔɐ.lɐkˈdan]
- Rhymes: -an
- Homophone: Alakdan
- Syllabification: a‧lak‧dan
Noun edit
alakdán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “alakdan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- alakdan on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia tl