tadhana

• tarhana, taghana — obsolete

Possibly from Sanskrit, possibly from either:

• From Sanskrit साधन (sādhana, “leading straight to a goal; bringing about, carrying out; acquisition; preparation”)
• From Sanskrit सन्धान (sandhāna, “bond; union; alliance; preparation”)
• From Sanskrit विधान (vidhāna, “rule, regulation; fate, accomplishment”).

Compare Ilocano sagana, Kapampangan tagana, Cebuano tagana, Hiligaynon tigana, Waray-Waray tagana, and Tausug tagama.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /tadˈhanaʔ/ [tɐdˈha.nɐʔ]
    • Rhymes: -anaʔ
  • IPA^(key): /tadhaˈnaʔ/ [tɐd.hɐˈnaʔ] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: tad‧ha‧na

tadhanà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜇ᜔ᜑᜈ)

1. fate; destiny

   Synonyms: kapalaran, suwerte, destino, kalma

2. provision; stipulation; term (of an agreement, contract, ordinance, law, etc.)

   Synonyms: takda, probisyon, kondisyon

3. determined and fixed time (for payment of debts, completion of an obligation, etc.)

   Synonyms: taning, takda

4. nature

   Synonym: kalikasan

5. (obsolete) assignment; destining

   Synonyms: talaga, takda, laan, destino

6. (obsolete) warning; sign; advise

   Synonyms: bala, babala

7. (obsolete) secret about a negotiation or affair
8. (obsolete) act of preparing something in secret for a purpose
9. (obsolete) arrangement of two people in accordance to their wishes

• “tadhana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1230.
• 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, page 254
• 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 180: “Conçierto) Tarhana (pc) de dos en voluntades conformes”
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 298
• Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog‎ (in Spanish), Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 52