kasaysayan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• casaysayan

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Philippine *sáysay

Tagalog saysay

Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an

Tagalog ka- -an

Tagalog kasaysayan

From saysay + ka- -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kasajˈsajan/ [k̠ɐ.saɪ̯ˈsaː.jɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -ajan
• Syllabification: ka‧say‧sa‧yan

Noun

kasaysayan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜌ᜔ᜐᜌᜈ᜔)

1. history; record or aggregate of past events

   Synonyms: historya, istorya

2. study of history

   Synonym: historya

   Holonyms: araling panlipunan, Hekasi

3. story; tale

   Synonyms: istorya, kuwento, salaysay

4. (dated) importance; value

   Synonyms: kasalaysayan, saysay, halaga, kahulugan, kahalagahan, kabuluhan, kuwenta

5. (dated) explanation; meaning

   Synonyms: kasalaysayan, ibig sabihin, kahulugan, paliwanag

Derived terms

• Hekasi
• heolohiyang pangkasaysayan
• kawalang-kasaysayan
• maikling kasaysayan
• makasaysayan
• may-kasaysayan
• metodong pangkasaysayan
• pangkasaysayan
• ulat-pangkasaysayan
• walang-kasaysayan
• walang-kasaysayang tao

Related terms

• kasalaysayan
• salaysay

Further reading

• “kasaysayan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• “kasaysayan”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2026.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados. (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier., page 377
• Santos, Vito C. (1978), Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 333