alahas

== Cebuano == === Etymology === From Spanish alhaja, alhajas, from حَاجَة (ḥāja, “necessary thing; valuable thing”) or حِلْيَة (ḥilya, “ornament”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧la‧has IPA(key): /ʔaˈlahas/ [ʔɐˈl̪a.hɐs̪] === Noun === alahas jewelry (US); jewellery (Canada, UK) (obsolete) gem ==== Derived terms ==== alahero == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish alhajas, plural of alhaja, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الحَاجَة (al-ḥāja, “necessary thing; valuable thing”) or الحِلْيَة (al-ḥilya, “ornament”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈlahas/ [ʔɐˈlaː.hɐs] Rhymes: -ahas Syllabification: a‧la‧has === Noun === alahas (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜑᜐ᜔) jewel; jewellery Synonyms: hiyas, hoya ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “alahas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 24