madlakasan

Tagalog

Etymology

From a blend of madla (“people; public; crowd”) +‎ lakas (“power”) +‎ -an. Calque of English democracy, demo- (“people”) and -cracy (“power”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /madlaˈkasan/ [mɐd̪.l̪ɐˈxaː.sɐn̪]
  • Rhymes: -asan
  • Syllabification: mad‧la‧ka‧san

Noun

madlakasan (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜎᜃᜐᜈ᜔) (neologism)

  1. democracy
    Synonyms: demokrasya, demokratahan
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