parikala

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• panicala, paricala — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• panikala

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit परिकर (parikara, “covert or indirect intimation of coming events in a plot”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paɾiˈkalaʔ/ [pɐ.ɾɪˈxa.lɐʔ], /paɾiˈkala/ [pɐ.ɾɪˈxa.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -alaʔ, -ala
• Syllabification: pa‧ri‧ka‧la

Noun

parikalà or parikala (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜒᜃᜎ)

1. (literature) irony

   Synonym: ironiya

Derived terms

• magparikala
• may parikala
• parikalaan

 

See also

• parirala

Further reading

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