daang-bakal

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• dambakal — obsolete
• daambakal — superseded, pre-1977
• daang bakal

Etymology

From daan +‎ -g- +‎ bakal, literally “road of iron”. Initially suggested by Isabelo de los Reyes to Samahan ng mga Mananagalog (Society of Tagalog Writers) in early 20^th century for the formation and use of Tagalog words to replace the Spanish loanwords. See also Spanish ferrocarril.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /daˌʔaŋ ˈbakal/ [d̪ɐˌʔam ˈbaː.xɐl]
• Rhymes: -akal
• Syllabification: da‧ang-ba‧kal

Proper noun

daáng-bakal (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜀᜅ᜔ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)

1. railway; railroad

   Synonym: riles

Further reading

• “daang-bakal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Daluz, Eusebio T. (1915) Filipino-English vocabulary: with practical example of Filipino and English grammars, Manila: Akademya ng Wikang Filipino, page 8.
• Lope K. Santos (1938) Gabriel A. Bernardo, transl., Sources and means for further enrichment of Tagalog as our national language‎^[1], Manila : University of the Philippines, page 40