demokrasya
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish democracia (“democracy”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: de‧mo‧kra‧sya
Noun
demokrasya
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- demokrasiya
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish democracia (“democracy”), from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /demoˈkɾasja/ [d̪ɛ.moˈkɾaː.ʃɐ]
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /demoˈkɾasja/ [d̪ɛ.moˈkɾas.jɐ]
- Rhymes: -asja
- Syllabification: de‧mo‧kras‧ya
Noun
demokrasya (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜋᜓᜃ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔ᜌ)
- democracy
- Synonyms: demokratahan, (neologism) madlakasan
Related terms
- demograpiya
- demograpo
- demokrata
- demokratiko
- demokratisasyon
Further reading
- “demokrasya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018