aldaba

From a regional variant of Arabic الضبَّة (aḍ-ḍabba, “window-bolt”, literally “lizard”).

• IPA^(key): /alˈdaba/ [al̪ˈd̪a.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: al‧da‧ba

aldaba f (plural aldabas)

1. latch, bolt

   Synonym: pestillo

2. doorknocker

   Synonym: aldabón

• “aldaba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Spanish aldaba, from a regional variant of Arabic الضبَّة (aḍ-ḍabba, “window-bolt”, literally “lizard”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalˈdaba/ [ʔɐlˈd̪aː.bɐ]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: al‧da‧ba

aldaba (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜇᜊ)

1. latch; door latch

   Synonyms: tarangka, tarugo, kawing, talasok, sabat

2. act of fastening or closing with a latch (of a door, window, etc.)

• “aldaba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 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 23

• balada, labada