siyak

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈak/, [siˈjak]
• Hyphenation: si‧yak

Noun

siyák (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜃ᜔)

1. Alternative form of silyak

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• siac — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Borrowed from Brunei Malay syeikh (“scholar; sheik”), from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ, “sheik; elder”). Compare Indonesian syekh. Doublet of heke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈak/, [sɪˈak]
• Hyphenation: si‧yak

Noun

siyák (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜃ᜔) (obsolete)

1. (poetic) sage; prophet
2. (Islam) sheik

   Synonym: heke

Derived terms

• kasiyak-siyakan

 

See also

• binyag
• manghuhula
• pangadyi

 

Further reading

• “siyak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 448: “Obiſpo( Siac (pc) o maeſtro de los moros, es Bocablo Burney, y de [alla venia] a esta tierra a enſeñar la hedionda ley de Mahoma, traya vna como mitra.”
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2017) Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 525