bahaghari

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Tagalog

isang bahaghari

Alternative forms

Etymology

From bahag (“loincloth”) +‎ hari (“king”). However, according to Wolff (1976), the latter component is from Malay hari (“day”), whereas for Potet (2016), the latter comes from Sanskrit हरि (hari, “the sun”). Compare Remontado Agta balaghadi and Kapampangan pinanari.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bahaɡˈhaɾiʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧hag‧ha‧ri

Noun

bahagharì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜄ᜔ᜑᜇᜒ)

  1. rainbow
    Synonyms: balangaw, balantok, bahagsubay, arkuiris

References

  1. ^ Wolff, John U. (1976) “Malay borrowings in Tagalog”, in C.D. Cowan & O.W. Wolters, editors, Southeast Asian History and Historiography: Essays Presented to D. G. E. Hall‎, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, page 356
  2. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 283
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