mansigit

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• mansiguir, mansiguit — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• mansigid

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), possibly via Maranao masgit. Compare Malay masjid and Maguindanao mesjid. Doublet of masjid and meskita.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /manˈsiɡit/ [mɐnˈsi.ɣɪt]
• Rhymes: -iɡit
• Syllabification: man‧si‧git

Noun

mansigit (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜄᜒᜆ᜔) (Islam, obsolete)

1. mosque

   Synonyms: moske, meskita, templo, simbahan, pook dalanginan

Related terms

• moske

 

Further reading

• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 142