karagatan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• caragatan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

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Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀat

Tagalog dagat

Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an

Tagalog ka- -an

Tagalog karagatan

From dagat + ka- -an. Compare Cebuano kadagatan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /kaɾaɡaˈtan/ [k̠ɐ.ɾɐ.ɣ̠ɐˈt̪an̪]
    • Rhymes: -an
  • IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈɡatan/ [k̠ɐ.ɾɐˈɣ̠aː.t̪ɐn̪] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: ka‧ra‧ga‧tan

Noun

karagatán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜄᜆᜈ᜔)

1. ocean

   Synonyms: (rare) oseano, (rare) neptuno

2. deep sea; midsea; high seas

   Synonyms: laot, (obsolete) wala

3. (literary, historical) type of poetic battle, usually done on wakes, based on the loss by a princess of her ring in midsea

Derived terms

• Karagatang Antartiko
• Karagatang Artiko
• Karagatang Atlantiko
• Karagatang Indian
• Karagatang Indiko
• Karagatang Pasipiko
• Tala ng Karagatan

Further reading

• “karagatan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “karagatan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 458

Yogad

Etymology

From dagat +‎ ka- -an.

Noun

karagatán

1. seashore; beach; place with plentiful sand