silang

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siraŋ (“dazzled, blinded by glaring light”). Compare Bikol Central sirang (“rays or beams of light”) and Malay serang (“blinking; dazzled”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsilaŋ/ [ˈsi.lɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -ilaŋ
• Syllabification: si‧lang
• Homophone: Silang

Noun

silang (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

1. birth; nativity

   Synonyms: pagsilang, pagsisilang, pagiging-tao, pagkakatawang-tao

2. rise; rising (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.)

   Synonyms: pagsilang, sikat, pagsikat

   silang ng araw ― rising of the sun

Derived terms

• Dulong Silangan
• Gitnang Silangan
• hilagang-silangan
• isilang
• kasilanganan
• magsilang
• Malayong Silangan
• pagsilang
• pagsisilang
• pasilangan
• silangan
• Silanganan
• silanganin
• Silangang Davao
• Silangang Negros
• Silangang Samar
• Silangang Timor
• sinilangan
• sumilang
• taga-Silangan
• timog-silangan

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈlaŋ/ [sɪˈlaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: si‧lang

Noun

siláng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

1. mountain pass or trail
2. breeze from the southeast

See also

• tinabtab

Further reading

• “silang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018