alperesiya

== Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish alferecía, from Andalusian Arabic الفَالِجِيَّة (al-falijíyya), from Arabic فَالِج (fālij, “stroke”), from Aramaic פָּלְגָּא / ܦܴܠܓܳܐ (pālgā), from Ancient Greek πλῆξις, πληγή (plêxis, plēgḗ). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalpeɾeˈsia/ [ʔɐl.pɛ.ɾɛˈsiː.ɐ] Rhymes: -ia Syllabification: al‧pe‧re‧si‧ya === Noun === alperesiya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜒᜐᜒᜌ) (pathology) infantile epilepsy ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === 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