hagdan

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haʀəzan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɡdan/ [ˈhaɡ.d̪ɐn̪]
• Hyphenation: hag‧dan

hágdan (Badlit spelling ᜑᜄ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

1. ladder
2. stairs; stairway; staircase

• IPA^(key): /haɡˈdan/ [haɡˈd̪an̪]
• IPA^(key): /ʔaɡˈdan/ [ʔaɡˈd̪an̪] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: hag‧dan

hagdán (Basahan spelling ᜑᜄ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

1. (dialectal, Daet) alternative form of hagyan (“step, stair”)

• hagran — dialectal, Rizal, informal

From Proto-Philippine *haʀdan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haʀəzan. Compare Central Bikol hagyan, Dupaningan Agta agden, Ilocano agdan, Kapampangan eran, Mansaka agdan, Ngaju hejan, Tausug hagdan and Yogad addan.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /haɡˈdan/ [hɐɡˈd̪an̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: hag‧dan

hagdán (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜄ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

1. ladder

   Synonym: lader

2. step of a staircase; stair

   Synonym: baitang

3. (by extension) stairway; staircase

   Synonym: hagdanan

   Paikot ang hagdang paakyat sa taas ng bahay.

   The stairs are winding up to the top of the house.

4. (figurative) stepping stone; instrument for success; means for advancement

   Synonyms: batong-tuntungan, kasangkapan

• “hagdan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*haRezan”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (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 297: “Eſcalera) Hagdan (pc) de palo caña tablas o piedra”

• hangad

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haʀəzan.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /haɡdan/ [hɑɡ̚ˈd̪an̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: hag‧dan

hagdan (Sulat Sūg spelling هَݢْدَنْ)

1. ladder
2. stairs; stairway; staircase