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Tagalog
Etymology
From laya + ka- -an. Used by Marcelo H. del Pilar in 1882 (originally as kalayahan) as an equivalent for Spanish libertad (“liberty”) in his Tagalog translation of José Rizal's El Amor Patrio. The word was then used in 1886 by Rizal for his search for an equivalent for German Freiheit (“freedom; freehood”) while translating Friedrich Schiller's drama, William Tell. Later adopted by the Katipunan to articulate their separatist ideology against the Spanish Empire.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /kalaˈjaʔan/ (“freedom; liberty”, noun)
- IPA(key): /kalajaˈʔan/ (“libertinage, self-abandonment”, noun)
- Syllabification: ka‧la‧ya‧an
Noun
kalayaan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜌᜀᜈ᜔)
- freedom; liberty
- Synonyms: (archaic) kamaharlikaan, (archaic) katimawaan
Ipinaglaban ng mga Katipunero ang ating kalayaan mula sa mga Kastilang sumakop sa bansa.- The Katipuneros fought for our freedom from the Spaniards who conquered (our) land.
Dumating ang bakasyong tag-init, at galak na galak ang bulilit na si Yan-Yan sa natamo nitong kalayaan mula sa paaralan.- Summer vacation came, and little Yan-Yan was overjoyed for finally earning freedom from school.
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Noun
kalayaán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜌᜀᜈ᜔)
- libertinage; self-abandonment
- Synonyms: pagpapabaya, libertinahe
Further reading
- “kalayaan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 623
- Almario, Virgilio S. (2014 November 14) Rizal: Makata, Anvil Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- Bagong kasaysayan: Ang Kartilya ni Emilio Jacinto at ang Diwang Pilipino sa agos ng kasaysayan, Palimbagang Kalawakan, 1999
- José Rizal, National Heroes Commission (1964) Mga ibaʼt ibang sinulat ni Rizal, 1873-1892 (in Tagalog), Pambansang Komisyon ng mga Bayáni