orkidyas

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === orkidea orkidya === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish orquídeas, plural of orquídea, from New Latin Orchideae, Orchidaceae, an irregular formation from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “orchid, testicle”). Doublet of orkid. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔoɾˈkidjas/ [ʔoɾˈkiː.d͡ʒɐs] IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔoɾˈkidjas/ [ʔoɾˈkid̪.jɐs] Rhymes: -idjas Syllabification: or‧kid‧yas === Noun === orkidyas (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇ᜔ᜃᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔) (botany) orchid (plant) Synonyms: dapo, orkid === Further reading === “orkidyas”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “orkidya”, 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 431