pangilin
Tagalog
Etymology
Theoretically from pa- + ngilin. Possibly also from pang- + *ilin. Compare Kapampangan pangilin.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /paˈŋilin/ [pɐˈŋiː.lɪn̪]
- Rhymes: -ilin
- Syllabification: pa‧ngi‧lin
Noun
pangilin (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔)
- abstinence from something prohibited (especially on a Sunday or holidays)
- Synonym: ngilin
- period of abstinence
Derived terms
- magpangilin
- pangilinan
Related terms
Adjective
pangilin (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔)
- relating to a period of abstinence
Further reading
- “pangilin”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
- “pangilin”, 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.
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.[2] (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 505: “Quebrantar) Pang̃ilin (pp) las fieſtas o domingo”