daang-bakal

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• daambakal
• daang bakal

Etymology

From daan +‎ -g- +‎ bakal. Calque of Spanish ferrocarril.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /daˌʔaŋ ˈbakal/ [d̪ɐˌʔam ˈbaː.xɐl]
• Rhymes: -akal
• Syllabification: da‧ang-ba‧kal

Proper noun

daáng-bakal (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜀᜅ᜔ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)

1. railway; railroad

   Synonym: riles

Further reading

• “daang-bakal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Daluz, Eusebio T. (1915) Filipino-English vocabulary: with practical example of Filipino and English grammars, Manila: Akademya ng Wikang Filipino, page 8.