panahon

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /panaˈhon/ [pɐ.n̪ɐˈhon̪]
• Hyphenation: pa‧na‧hón

Noun

panahón (Badlit spelling ᜉᜈᜑᜓᜈ᜔)

1. weather
2. season
3. period of time

   Synonym: oras

4. instant of time

Derived terms

• pahimudsa ang panahon

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /panaˈhon/ [pa.n̪aˈhon̪]

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• IPA^(key): /panaˈʔon/ [pa.n̪aˈʔon̪] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: pa‧na‧hón

Noun

panahón (Basahan spelling ᜉᜈᜑᜓᜈ᜔)

1. age, epoch, period
2. season
3. weather

   Synonym: klima

Derived terms

• kapanahonan

Higaonon

Noun

panahon

1. weather

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From pan- +‎ *tahon, with the root from Malay tahun, or presumably an older form of taon. Etymologically equivalent to pan- +‎ taon. Compare Ilocano panawen, Pangasinan panaon, and Kapampangan panaun.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /panaˈhon/ [pɐ.n̪ɐˈhon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: pa‧na‧hon

Noun

panahón (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜑᜓᜈ᜔)

1. time

   Synonym: tiyempo

2. a point in time; a duration of time, while

   Synonyms: oras, sandali

3. a period of time; age; era

   Synonym: peryodo

   Panahong Bakal ― Iron Age

4. epoch; season; tide

   Synonyms: (obsolete) salukoy, (obsolete) musim

   panahon ng ani ― harvest season

   panahon ng Pasko ― Christmas tide

5. weather

   Synonyms: weder, (obsolete) bayan, (obsolete) banwa

6. (grammar, semantics) grammatical aspect

   Synonym: panahunan

7. (grammar, by extension) tense

   Synonym: panahunan

   panghinaharap na panahon ― future tense

8. (obsolete) sowing period [16th–17th c.]

Usage notes

• For sense “time”, the term panahon refers to general, uncountable, or indefinite spans of time, often extending beyond a day, including periods or seasons. On the other hand, the term oras is usually limited to specific, countable, measurable units of time, typically with lengths that fall within a day.

Derived terms

• ginintuang panahon
• Gitnang Panahon
• habang-panahon
• hindi panahon
• isapanahon
• kapanahon
• kapanahunan
• Karaniwang Panahon
• mabilis ang panahon
• magkapanahon
• magkasapanahon
• may-panahon
• may-sapanahon
• napapanahon
• pamanahon
• pampanahon
• pana-panahon
• panahon ni Limahong
• panahon ni Mahoma
• panahon ng yelo
• panahunan
• panahunin
• pinapanahon
• sapanahon
• taga sa panahon
• takdang panahon
• unang panahon
• wala sa panahon

See also

• klima

Etymology 2

From pan- +‎ dahon.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈnahon/ [pɐˈn̪aː.hon̪]
• Rhymes: -ahon
• Syllabification: pa‧na‧hon

Noun

panahon (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜑᜓᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

1. cultivation of palm or coconut trees in other's land

Etymology 3

Possibly related to Malay penaung (“patron; guardian; protector”), from naung.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈnahon/ [pɐˈn̪aː.hon̪]
• Rhymes: -ahon
• Syllabification: pa‧na‧hon

Noun

panahon (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜑᜓᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

1. act of staying in someone else's home to protect them

Derived terms

• magpapanahon
• panahunan
• panahunin

Further reading

• “panahon”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “panahon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• 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.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎^[2] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[3] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 196: “Coſecha) Panahon (pc) de trabajo”
  • page 570: “Temporal) Panahon (pc) de ſembrar”
  • page 574: “Tiempo) Panahon (pc) de ſembrar”

Waray-Waray

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /panaˈhon/, [pa.naˈhun]
• Hyphenation: pa‧na‧hon

Noun

panahón

1. period of time; age
2. weather
3. tense

   Synonym: tiyempo