limang haligi

Tagalog

Etymology

Calque of Arabic أَرْكَانُ الْإِسْلَامِ الْخَمْسَة (ʔarkānu l-ʔislāmi l-ḵamsa, “five pillars of Islam”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /liˌmaŋ haˈliɡi/ [lɪˌmaŋ hɐˈliː.ɣɪ]
• Rhymes: -iɡi
• Syllabification: li‧mang ha‧li‧gi

Noun

limáng haligi (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋᜅ᜔ ᜑᜎᜒᜄᜒ) (Islam)

1. five pillars; arkan

See also

• haj
• sala
• saum
• shahada
• zakat