salawal
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Malay seluar (“pants”), from Persian شلوار (šalvār, “pants”). Compare Pangasinan sanual, Bikol Central sarawal, and Tausug sawwal.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
salawál (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜏᜎ᜔)
- underpants
- Synonym: kalson
- 1992, National Mid-week:
- Isang batang babae ang may nakalambitin sa likuran na batang paslit, mag-iisang taong gulang pa lang yata at walang salawal. Lumingon ang paslit. Kinawayan namin.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- trousers; pants; pantaloons
- Synonym: pantalon
- (dialectal) shorts
- (historical) precolonial dhoti-like male garment
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “salawal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018