alibata
Tagalog
Etymology
From the first three letters of the Arabic alphabet, Arabic أَلِف بَاء تَاء (ʾalif bāʾ tāʾ), coined by Paul Rodriguez Verzosa in 1914 presumably under the erroneous assumption that Baybayin was derived from it. Compare Malay alif-ba-ta.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧li‧ba‧ta
- IPA(key): /ʔaliˈbata/, [ʔɐ.lɪˈba.tɐ]
Noun
alibata
- Arabic script (especially as known in the Orient)
- Synonym: sulat Arabo
- (proscribed) Baybayin (Philippine script)
- Synonym: Baybayin
Further reading
- “alibata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018