palad

See also: Palad

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

• parad

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpalad/ [ˈpa.l̪ad̪]

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• Hyphenation: pa‧lad

Noun

pálad (Basahan spelling ᜉᜎᜇ᜔)

1. (anatomy) palm of a hand
2. (figurative) luck, fortune

   Synonym: suwerte

Derived terms

• himalad
• kalapadan
• makapalad
• mapalad
• paladan
• paladon
• parapalad

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaj.

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Sense "Indian goosegrass", after its inflorescence being likened to an open palm (cf. palagtiki).

Pronunciation 1

• Hyphenation: pa‧lad
• IPA^(key): /ˈpalad/ [ˈpa.l̪ɐd̪]

Noun

palad

1. (anatomy) palm (of the hand)
2. fate

   Synonym: kapalaran

3. Indian goosegrass (Eleusine indica)
4. Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon)

Derived terms

• himalad (“to read the palm”)
• manimpalad (“to try one's luck”)
• Miss Palad (“slang: hand as used in masturbation”)
• palad-palad
• palaran (“fortunate”)
• palaron (“turning out lucky”)
• pilay palad (“who knows”)
• walay palad (“unfortunate”)

Pronunciation 2

• Hyphenation: pa‧lad
• IPA^(key): /paˈlad/ [pɐˈl̪ad̪]

Noun

palád

1. rough-scale tongue sole (Cynoglossus lida)
2. speckled tonguesole (Cynoglossus puncticeps)

References

• Fr. Juan Felis de la Encarnación (1851), Diccionario bisaya-español‎ (overall work in Cebuano and Spanish), Amigos del País, page 382
• John U. Wolff (1972), A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎ (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press

Anagrams

• dapal, lapad, lapda, palda

Central Dusun

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaj.

Noun

palad

1. (anatomy) hand

Dupaningan Agta

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaj.

Noun

palád

1. palm (of the hand)
2. sole (of the foot)

Higaonon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaj.

Noun

palad

1. palm (of the hand)

Karao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaj.

Noun

palad

1. (anatomy) palm (of the hand)
2. (anatomy) lines (on one's hand)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• palar — dialectal, Rizal, informal

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaj. Compare Eastern Bontoc parad, Tausug pād, and Central Dusun palad. The sense “fate; fortune; luck” is due to palmistry.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpalad/ [ˈpaː.lɐd̪̚]
• Rhymes: -alad
• Syllabification: pa‧lad

Noun

palad (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜇ᜔)

1. palm (of the hand)
2. fate; fortune; luck

   Synonym: suwerte

Derived terms

• bukas-palad
• dagok ng kapalaran
• gulong ng kapalaran
• gulong ng palad
• himalad
• kadaupang-palad
• kapalaran
• makapal ang palad
• mapalad
• Mariang Palad
• palarin
• sa kabutihang palad
• sa kasamaang palad
• sapalaran

See also

• bahi

Further reading

• “palad”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*palaj”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• lapad, palda, dapal

Yogad

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaj.

Noun

palád

1. palm (of the hand)
2. fate