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English
Noun
babaylan (plural babaylans)
- A Philippine shaman.
Cebuano
Etymology
From an initial reduplication of baylan, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balian (“shaman”). Compare Malay belian. Possibly related to babaye.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧bay‧lan
- IPA(key): /babajˈlan/,
Noun
babaylan
- (historical) in pre-colonial Cebu; a woman, sometimes an effeminate man, who functioned as a village priestess or medium
Hiligaynon
Noun
babáylan
- healer, shaman
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Cebuano babaylan, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balian (“shaman”). Compare Ilocano baglan, Kapampangan mamalian, Bikol Central balyan, Maranao waliyan, Malay belian, Central Dusun bobohizan, and Balinese ᬩᬮ᭄ᬬᬦ᭄ (balian).
Pronunciation
Noun
babaylán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜌ᜔ᜎᜈ᜔)
- (historical) female shaman
- Synonyms: katalonan, katalona