abadiya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• abadya
• abadia — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abadía, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia, from Latin abbas (“abbot”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabaˈdia/, [ʔɐ.bɐˈdi.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧di‧ya

Noun

abadiya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜇᜒᜌ)

1. abbey

Related terms

• abad
• abadesa
• abadyato

 

See also

• bahay-pari
• ermita
• kumbento
• monasteryo

 

Further reading

• “abadiya” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “abadiya”, 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 1