fakulti

Malay

Alternative forms

• fakultas (Indonesia)

Etymology

Borrowed from English faculty.

Noun

fakulti (Jawi spelling فاکولتي, plural fakulti-fakulti, informal 1st possessive fakultiku, 2nd possessive fakultimu, 3rd possessive fakultinya)

1. faculty

Further reading

• “fakulti” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pakulti

Etymology

Borrowed from English faculty, from Middle English faculte, from Old French faculte, from Latin facultas, another form of facilitas. Doublet of pakultad and pasilidad.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈfakulti/ [ˌfaː.xʊlˈt̪i]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈpakulti/ [ˌpaː.xʊlˈt̪i]
• Rhymes: -akulti
• Syllabification: fa‧kul‧ti

Noun

fákultí (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜓᜎ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. faculty (scholarly staff at colleges or universities)

   Synonyms: kaguruan, pakultad

2. faculty (ability, skill, or power)

   Synonyms: kakayahan, kapangyarihan, kasanayan, husay, galing, pakultad

Further reading

• “fakulti” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021