Dagat Itim

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly a calque of English Black Sea. Ultimately, a calque of Ottoman Turkish قره دكز (Kara Deñiz, “Black Sea”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌdaɡat ʔiˈtim/ [ˌda.ɣɐt ʔɪˈtim]
  • Syllabification: Da‧gat I‧tim

Proper noun

Dagat Itím (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜄᜆ᜔ ᜁᜆᜒᜋ᜔)

  1. Black Sea

References
  • “Dagat Itim”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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