pangarap

Tagalog

Etymology

From pang- +‎ arap. Compare Javanese ꦥꦔꦉꦥ꧀ꦲꦉꦥ꧀ (pangarep-arep), Malay pengharapan, and Iban pengarap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈŋaɾap/, [pɐˈŋa.ɾɐp]
• Hyphenation: pa‧nga‧rap

Noun

pangarap (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅᜇᜉ᜔)

1. ambition; dream (hope or wish)

Usage notes

The word pangarap is used on dreams that mean hopes and wishes, while panaginip is used for dreams that mean visions during sleep.

Related terms

• mangarap
• nangangarap
• nangarap

 

Further reading

• “pangarap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 563: “Sueño) Pang̃arap (pp) que ſe ſueña, babalin cqita nang pang̃arap co, direte mi ſueño.”

Tausug

Noun

pangarap

1. prayer (conversational rather than memorized)