ladya

• ladia — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

From Malay raja (“king”), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king; sovereign; prince; chief”). Doublet of raha. Related to Spanish rey.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ladˈjaʔ/ [lɐdˈd͡ʒaʔ], (nonstandard) /ˈladja/ [ˈlaː.d͡ʒɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ladˈjaʔ/ [lɐd̪ˈjaʔ], (nonstandard, no palatal assimilation) /ˈladja/ [ˈlad̪.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ, -adja
• Syllabification: lad‧ya

ladyâ or ladya (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜇ᜔ᜌ) (historical)

1. rajah; king

   Synonym: raha

• “ladya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “ladya”, 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.

• dalya