pamantasan

Tagalog

Etymology

From pantas +‎ pam- -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pamanˈtasan/ [pɐ.mɐn̪ˈt̪aː.sɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -asan
• Syllabification: pa‧man‧ta‧san

Noun

pamantasan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜐᜈ᜔)

1. university

   Synonym: unibersidad

   Malaki ang pamantasan namin.

   Our university is huge.

See also

• dalubhasaan
• kolehiyo
• paaralan

 

Further reading

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