dalaga

See also: Dalaga

English

Etymology

From Tagalog dalaga (“maiden; virgin; unmarried girl”).

Noun

dalaga (plural dalagas)

1. (Philippines) A young woman who has passed puberty but is not yet married; an eligible young woman.

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dadaʀa (“maiden; virgin; unmarried girl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈlaɡa/ [d̪ɐˈl̪a.ɡɐ]
• Hyphenation: da‧la‧ga

Noun

dalaga

1. maiden; unmarried lady; female teenager

   Coordinate term: ulitawo

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dadaʀa (“maiden; virgin; unmarried girl”).

Noun

dalága

1. dame

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dadaʀa (“maiden; virgin; unmarried girl”).

Noun

dalaga

1. unmarried young woman

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog dalaga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈlaɡa/ [d̪aˈla.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: da‧la‧ga

Noun

dalaga f (plural dalagas)

1. (Philippines) a young woman who has passed puberty but is not yet married; an eligible young woman
   • Early 20th century, Music by Borromeo Lou , Lyrics by Vicente Orendain, Himno de la Ciudad de Zamboanga:

     Zamboanga hermosa/ Preciosa perlita/ Orgullo de Mindanao/Tus bellas dalagas/son las que hermosean/Tu deliciosa ciudad

Further reading

• “dalaga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• Abella, Venancio María de (1874), Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños., 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Philippine Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page 116

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dadaʀa (“maiden; virgin; unmarried girl”). Also possibly Sanskrit of origin, either Sanskrit दारिका (dārikā, “girl, daughter”), or Sanskrit दार (dāra, “wife”). Compare Aklanon daeaga, Bikol Central daraga, Cebuano dalaga, Hiligaynon dalaga, Tausug dāga, Malay dara, and Urak Lawoi' ราดารา (radara).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /daˈlaɡa/ [d̪ɐˈlaː.ɣɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: da‧la‧ga
• Homophone: Dalaga

Noun

dalaga (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜄ)

1. young, unmarried lady; maiden (especially one that has passed puberty)

   Synonym: binibini

   Coordinate term: binata

Derived terms

• dalagahin
• dalagambukid
• dalagang-bukid
• dalagang-dalaga
• dalagang-ina
• dalaginday
• dalaginding
• dalagita
• dalagsot
• dumalaga
• kadalagahan
• luhang-dalaga
• magdalaga
• matandang dalaga
• pagdadalaga
• pagkadalaga

Related terms

• Dalaga

Adjective

dalaga (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜄ)

1. unmarried; single (of a woman)
2. (by extension) virgin; chaste (of a woman)

   Synonym: birhen

Descendants

• → English: dalaga
• → Spanish: dalaga

Further reading

• “dalaga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.

Anagrams

• alagad