alibata

== English == === Proper noun === alibata (proscribed) Synonym of Baybayin (“a Tagalog writing system”). == Tagalog == === Etymology === From the first three letters of the Arabic alphabet, Arabic أَلِف بَاء تَاء (ʔalif bāʔ tāʔ), Coined by Paul Rodriguez Verzosa in 1914 presumably under the erroneous assumption that Baybayin was derived from it. Compare Malay alif-ba-ta. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaliˈbata/ [ʔɐ.lɪˈbaː.t̪ɐ] Rhymes: -ata Syllabification: a‧li‧ba‧ta === Noun === alibata (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜊᜆ) Arabic script (especially as known in the Orient) Synonym: sulat Arabe (proscribed) Baybayin (Philippine script) Synonym: Baybayin === Further reading === “alibata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018