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Tagalog
Etymology
From pang- + arap. Compare Javanese ꦥꦔꦉꦥ꧀ꦲꦉꦥ꧀ (pangarep-arep), Malay pengharapan, and Iban pengarap.
Pronunciation
Noun
pangarap (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅᜇᜉ᜔)
- ambition; dream (hope or wish)
Usage notes
The word pangarap is used on dreams that mean hopes and wishes, while panaginip is used for dreams that mean visions during sleep.
Further reading
- “pangarap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 563: “Sueño) Pang̃arap (pp) que ſe ſueña, babalin cqita nang pang̃arap co, direte mi ſueño.”
Tausug
Pronunciation
- (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /paŋaɾap/
- Rhymes: -ap
- Syllabification: pa‧nga‧rap
Noun
pangarap (Sulat Sūg spelling فَڠَرَفْ)
- prayer (conversational rather than memorized)