Dagat Itim

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly a calque of English Black Sea. Ultimately, a calque of Ottoman Turkish قره دكز (Kara Deñiz, “Black Sea”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌdaɡat ʔiˈtim/, [ˌda.ɣɐt ʔɪˈtim]
• Rhymes: -im
• Syllabification: Da‧gat I‧tim

Proper noun

Dagat Itím (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜄᜆ᜔ ᜁᜆᜒᜋ᜔)

1. Black Sea

References

• “Dagat Itim”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018