drogista

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Philippine Spanish droguista (“druggist; drug dealer; drug user”), itself from droga (“drug”) +‎ -ista, originally as a pseudo-Hispanism derived from English druggist, literally “drug manufacturer and vendor” but with semantic shift, itself from French droguiste (“drug manufacturer and vendor”). Compare Dutch drogist. By surface analysis, droga (“drug”) +‎ -ista. Doublet of durugista.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /dɾoˈɡista/ [d̪ɾoˈɣis.t̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Syllabification: dro‧gis‧ta

Noun

drogista (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜇᜓᜄᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

  1. druggist; pharmacist; drugmaker (pharmaceutical manufacturer)
    Synonyms: parmasyutiko, botikaryo
  2. drug dealer; drug pusher; drugmaker (dealer or producer of illegal psychoactive substance)
    Synonym: drogero

Further reading

  • “drogista”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 384
  • 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 220
  • Calderón, Sofronio G. (1915) Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog (con partes de la oracion y pronunciacion figurada)‎[1], Manila: Libreria y Papeleria de J. Martinez, page 238
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