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English
Proper noun
alibata
- (proscribed) Synonym of Baybayin (“a Tagalog writing system”).
Tagalog
Etymology
From the first three letters of the Arabic alphabet, Arabic أَلِف بَاء تَاء (ʔalif bāʔ tāʔ), Coined by Paul Rodriguez Verzosa in 1914 presumably under the erroneous assumption that Baybayin was derived from it. Compare Malay alif-ba-ta.
Pronunciation
Noun
alibata (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜊᜆ)
- Arabic script (especially as known in the Orient)
- Synonym: sulat Arabe
- (proscribed) Baybayin (Philippine script)
- Synonym: Baybayin
Further reading
- “alibata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018