agimat

Tagalog

Alternative forms

aguimat – obsolete, Abecedario orthography

Etymology

From Maguindanao agimat (“amulet; talisman”) or Tausug ajimat (“amulet; talisman”), from Malay azimat, from Arabic عَزِيمَة‎ (ʕazīma). In Classical Arabic, the ة‎ character is not silent and read as /t/.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧gi‧mat

IPA^(key): /ʔaˈɡimat/, [ʔɐˈɣi.mɐt]

Noun

agimat (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜒᜋᜆ᜔)

amulet; talisman; charm
Synonyms: anting-anting, galing, dupil
thrift; economy
Synonyms: pagtitipid, pag-iimpok
care; concern
anxiety; worry
(slang) methamphetamine; crystal meth
Synonyms: bato, shabu

Derived terms

agimatan
agimatin
dalub-agimat
maagimat
ulnuagimatin

See also

gulo

References

“agimat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 162-164

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