siyasat

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• siasat — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay siasat (“investigation by torture”), from Persian سیاست (siyâsat, “punishment by torture”), from Arabic سِيَاسَة (siyāsa, “administration; punishment”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈasat/ [ˈsjaː.sɐt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -asat
• Syllabification: si‧ya‧sat
• Homophone: Siasat

Noun

siyasat (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜐᜆ᜔)

1. investigative inquiry; investigation

   Synonyms: pagsisiyasat, imbestigasyon, pag-iimbestiga, pag-uusisa

2. inspection; examination; review; scrutiny

   Synonyms: suri, pagsusuri, pag-iinspeksiyon, (obsolete) alipusta

Derived terms

• himpilang siyasatan
• ipagsiyasat
• magsiyasat
• maniniyasat
• maniyasat
• mapaniyasat
• masiyasat
• pagkakasiyasat
• pagsisiyasat
• pagsiyasatin
• siyasatan
• siyasatin
• siyasig
• siyasik
• sumiyasat
• tagasiyasat

 

See also

• balayag
• dularit
• halughog
• pagtatanong
• salugsog

 

Further reading

• “siyasat” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “siyasat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• English, Leo James (1987) Tagalog-English dictionary, Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 1259
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1192.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[3] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[4], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 301: “Eſcudriñar) Siyasat (pp) como buſcando retraydo”
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 155-156