parikala
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- panicala, paricala – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
- panikala
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit परिकर (parikara, “covert or indirect intimation of coming events in a plot”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧ri‧ka‧la
- IPA(key): /paɾiˈkalaʔ/, [pɐ.ɾɪˈxa.lɐʔ]
- IPA(key): /paɾiˈkala/, [pɐ.ɾɪˈxa.lɐ]
Noun
parikalà or parikala (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜒᜃᜎ)
- (literature) irony
- Synonym: ironiya
Derived terms
- magparikala
- may parikala
- parikalaan
See also
- parirala
Further reading
- “parikala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018