pangilin

Tagalog

Etymology

Theoretically from pa- +‎ ngilin. Possibly also from pang- + *ilin.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈŋilin/ [pɐˈŋi.lɪn]
• Rhymes: -ilin
• Syllabification: pa‧ngi‧lin

Noun

pangilin (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

1. abstinence from something prohibited (especially on a Sunday or holidays)

   Synonym: ngilin

2. period of abstinence

Derived terms

• magpangilin
• pangilinan

 

Related terms

• Pangilinan
• pangingilin

 

Adjective

pangilin (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

1. relating to a period of abstinence

Further reading

• “pangilin” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “pangilin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 505: “Quebrantar) Pang̃ilin (pp) las fieſtas o domingo”