mansigit

Tagalog

Alternative forms

mansiguir, mansiguit — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
mansigid

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), possibly via Maranao masgit. Compare Malay masjid and Maguindanao mesjid. Doublet of masjid and meskita.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /manˈsiɡit/, [mɐnˈsi.ɣɪt]
Hyphenation: man‧si‧git

Noun

mansigit (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜄᜒᜆ᜔) (Islam, obsolete)

mosque
Synonyms: moske, meskita, templo, simbahan, pook dalanginan

Related terms

moske

Further reading

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
Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 142

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