dalita

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay derita (“suffering”), from Sanskrit, possibly:

From Sanskrit दरित (darita, “torn”)
From Sanskrit दलित (dalita, “broken; scattered”)

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdalitaʔ/ [ˈda.lɪ.tɐʔ]
Rhymes: -alitaʔ
Syllabification: da‧li‧ta

Noun

dálitâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜒᜆ)

poverty; destitution
Synonyms: karalitaan, paghihikahos, paghihirap, karukhaan
great suffering; torment
Synonym: dusa

Derived terms

karalitaan
lipos-dalita
magpadalita
maralita
pagdalitain
pagdaralita
papagdalitain

Further reading

“dalita”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 278

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