Pasig

From Tagalog Pasig, from pasig (“sandy riverbank”).

Common folk etymologies include claims of Sanskrit origin, or an corruption of Tagalog mabagsik by Chinese. No Sanskrit words sounding similar to Pasig exist, however.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑsiɡ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːsiɡ ~ ˈpɑːsɪɡ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐːsiɡ/

Pasig

1. A river in Luzon, Philippines
2. An independent city in Metro Manila, Philippines, to the east of Manila

• pIgAs

From pasig (“sandy riverbank”).

Common folk etymologies include claims of Sanskrit origin, or a corruption of mabagsik by Chinese. No Sanskrit words sounding similar to Pasig exist, however.

• Hyphenation: Pa‧sig
• IPA^(key): /ˈpasiɡ/, [ˈpa.sɪɡ]

Pasig

1. Pasig (an independent city in Metro Manila, Philippines)
2. Pasig (a river in the Philippines)

• Chinese

  → Mandarin: 帕西格 (Pàxīgé)

  → Min Nan: 巴石 (Pa-se̍k)

• → English: Pasig
• → Japanese: パシッグ
• → Spanish: Pásig

• Pasig on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl
• “Pasig”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018