iskolar

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English scholar, from Middle English scolar, from Old English scōlere, from Late Latin scholāris, from schola (“school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ). Doublet of eskolar.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔisˈkolaɾ/ [ʔɪsˈkoː.lɐɾ]
• Rhymes: -olaɾ
• Syllabification: is‧ko‧lar

Noun

iskolar (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜇ᜔)

1. scholar (student who has a scholarship)

   Synonyms: eskolar, agrasyado

2. scholar (learned or knowledgeable person)

Derived terms

• isko

Related terms

• iskolarsyip
• iskul

Further reading

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

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [is.ko.laɾ]

Noun

iskolar

1. alternative form of sikola (“school”)

   boku masosira toma ngofangofa kara iwosa iskolar ― the first book for children just entering school

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh