bayani

Borrowed from Tagalog bayani, in turn a borrowing from Kapampangan bayani, from Proto-Philippine *baʀani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀani (“brave, bold; dare to do”). Cognate with Cebuano bagani, Malay berani, and Marshallese peran.

• IPA^(key): /baˈjaniʔ/ [baˈja.n̪iʔ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ya‧ni

bayanì

1. hero; heroine

   Synonym: heroe

Borrowed from Arabic بَيَان (bayān).

• IPA^(key): /bà.jáː.nìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bɛ̀.jáː.nìː]

bàyānī̀ m (possessed form bàyānìn)

1. explanation

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *baʀani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀani (“brave, bold; dare to do”). Cognate with Cebuano bagani, Maranao bagani, Malay berani, and Marshallese peran.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈjaniʔ/ [bəˈjäː.niʔ]
• IPA^(key): /bəˈjani/ [bəˈjäː.ni] (obsolete)
• Hyphenation: ba‧ya‧ni

bayánî

1. hero; valiant

   Synonym: balienti

• → Tagalog: bayani

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bayánî

1. valiant

Borrowed from Arabic بَيَان (bayān).

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bayani class IX (plural bayani class X)

1. eloquence, rhetoric

Borrowed from Kapampangan bayani, from Proto-Philippine *baʀani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀani (“brave, bold; dare to do”). Expected word would be *bagani if directly inherited. Cognate with Cebuano bagani, Maranao bagani, Malay berani, and Marshallese peran. Doublet of balani.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈjani/ [bɐˈjaː.n̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ani
• Syllabification: ba‧ya‧ni

bayani (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜈᜒ)

1. hero
2. mutual aid; cooperative endeavor

   Synonyms: tulungan, usungan, damayan

3. person who offers free service in a cooperative endeavor

   Synonyms: kasaknong, kausong, katulong

• “bayani”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 449: “Obra) Bayani [(pp)] queſe hace de comun”
  • page 592: “Valiente) Bayani(pp) y de fuerças”