Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish pan de regla (literally menstrual bread), due to its distinct red filling. The Filipino recipe site pepper.ph states: “...because it looks like the cross section of a used sanitary napkin”.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: pan de reg‧la
  • IPA(key): /ˌpan de ˈɾeɡla/, [ˌpan dɛ ˈɾɛɡ.lɐ]

Noun edit

pan de regla (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ ᜇᜒ ᜇᜒᜄ᜔ᜎ)

  1. pan de regla (a soft bread with a distinct red filling, served in the Philippines)
    Synonym: kalihim

Further reading edit