See mahal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) noble; exalted"
],
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{
"word": "dakila"
},
{
"word": "kagalang-galang"
},
{
"word": "maginoo"
},
{
"word": "maharlika"
},
{
"word": "noblesa"
},
{
"word": "marangal"
},
{
"word": "pinagmamalaki"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Tagalog terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"grave; serious"
],
"links": [
[
"grave",
"grave"
],
[
"serious",
"serious"
]
],
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"(obsolete) grave; serious"
],
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{
"word": "grabe"
},
{
"word": "malala"
},
{
"word": "malubha"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/maˈhal/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[mɐˈhal]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-al"
}
],
"word": "mahal"
}
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"Tagalog nouns",
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"Tagalog terms derived from Malay",
"Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
"Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with audio pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
"tl:Love",
"tl:Nobility",
"tl:People",
"tl:Wealth"
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"derived": [
{
"word": "kamahal-mahalan"
},
{
"word": "Kamahal-mahalang Puso"
},
{
"word": "kamahalan"
},
{
"word": "kamahanlan"
},
{
"word": "magmahal"
},
{
"word": "mahal kita"
},
{
"word": "Mahal na Ina"
},
{
"word": "mahal na tao"
},
{
"word": "mahal na ugali"
},
{
"word": "mamahal"
},
{
"word": "mamahalin"
},
{
"word": "mapagkandiling pagmamahal"
},
{
"word": "mapagmahal"
},
{
"word": "mapamahal"
},
{
"word": "matimyas na pagmamahal"
},
{
"word": "minahal"
},
{
"word": "napakamahal"
},
{
"word": "pagmamahal"
},
{
"word": "pagmamahalan"
},
{
"word": "pakamahalin"
}
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"lang": "Central Bikol",
"lang_code": "bcl",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"sense": "dear, expensive",
"word": "mahal"
},
{
"lang": "Cebuano",
"lang_code": "ceb",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"sense": "dear, expensive",
"word": "mahal"
}
],
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[
"mahal",
"mahal#Malay"
],
[
"mal",
"mal#Kapampangan"
],
[
"mahal",
"mahal#Central_Bikol"
],
[
"mahal",
"mahal#Cebuano"
],
[
"mahay",
"mahay#Asi"
],
[
"ꦩꦲꦭ꧀",
"ꦩꦲꦭ꧀#Javanese"
]
],
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"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": ":bor",
"3": "ms:mahal",
"text": "++",
"tree": "1"
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"name": "ety"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "mal"
},
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"name": "cog"
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"args": {
"1": "bcl",
"2": "mahal"
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"expansion": "Central Bikol mahal",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "ceb",
"2": "mahal"
},
"expansion": "Cebuano mahal",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bno",
"2": "mahay"
},
"expansion": "Asi mahay",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "jv",
"2": "ꦩꦲꦭ꧀"
},
"expansion": "Javanese ꦩꦲꦭ꧀ (mahal)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "precious"
},
"expansion": "“precious”",
"name": "m-g"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Malay mahal. Compare Kapampangan mal, Central Bikol mahal, Cebuano mahal, Asi mahay, and Javanese ꦩꦲꦭ꧀ (mahal).\nThe sense “precious” was first recorded as a figurative extension in the Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613); because when something is expensive and worth so much, it is valued as precious.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mahál",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "ᜋᜑᜎ᜔",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "mahál",
"b": "+"
},
"expansion": "mahál (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜎ᜔)",
"name": "tl-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ma‧hal"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ma‧hal"
]
}
],
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "halaga"
},
{
"word": "mahalaga"
},
{
"word": "maharlika"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"expensive items"
],
"links": [
[
"expensive",
"expensive"
],
[
"item",
"item"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Tagalog terms with usage examples"
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{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
8,
13
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
5,
12
]
],
"english": "O my beloved, we have been led to meet by fate!",
"text": "O aking mahal, sadyang pinagtagpo tayo ng tadhana!",
"translation": "O my beloved, we have been led to meet by fate!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"beloved"
],
"links": [
[
"beloved",
"beloved"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ibig"
},
{
"word": "irog"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/maˈhal/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[mɐˈhal]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-al"
}
],
"word": "mahal"
}
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