alahas

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish alhaja, alhajas, from حَاجَة (ḥāja, necessary thing; valuable thing) or حِلْيَة (ḥilya, ornament).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧la‧has
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈlahas/ [ʔɐˈl̪a.hɐs̪]

Noun

alahas

  1. jewelry (US); jewellery (Canada, UK)
  2. (obsolete) gem

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alhajas, plural of alhaja, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الحَاجَة (al-ḥāja, necessary thing; valuable thing) or الحِلْيَة (al-ḥilya, ornament).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈlahas/ [ʔɐˈlaː.hɐs]
  • Rhymes: -ahas
  • Syllabification: a‧la‧has

Noun

alahas (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜑᜐ᜔)

  1. jewel; jewellery
    Synonyms: hiyas, hoya

Derived terms

Further reading

  • alahas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 24