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Tagalog
Pronunciation
Noun
habág (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜊᜄ᜔)
- pity; compassion; mercy
- Synonyms: awa, pagkaawa, pagkahabag, hambal, lunos, miserikordiya
- disconsolate feeling (of one who has been maltreated, outraged, etc.)
- contemptuous treatment; scorn
- Synonyms: paglait, pag-alipusta, paghamak, pag-upasala, paghabag
Derived terms
References
- “habag”, 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 (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 130
- “habag”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024
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