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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay siasat (“investigation by torture”), from Persian سیاست (siyâsat, “punishment by torture”), from Arabic سِيَاسَة (siyāsa, “administration; punishment”).
Pronunciation
Noun
siyasat (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜐᜆ᜔)
- investigative inquiry; investigation
- Synonyms: pagsisiyasat, imbestigasyon, pag-iimbestiga, pag-uusisa
- inspection; examination; review; scrutiny
- Synonyms: suri, pagsusuri, pag-iinspeksiyon, (obsolete) alipusta
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Further reading
- “siyasat”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “siyasat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- English, Leo James (1987) Tagalog-English dictionary, Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 1259
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1192.
- 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
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte. (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
- 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 301: “Eſcudriñar) Siyasat (pp) como buſcando retraydo”
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 155-156