polisiya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English policy with interference from Spanish policía (“police officer, policeman”), from Middle French policie, from Late Latin politia, classical Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía). Doublet of palisi and pulisya.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /poliˈsia/ [po.lɪˈsiː.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: po‧li‧si‧ya

Noun

polisiya (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜒᜐᜒᜌ)

1. policy

   Synonyms: patakaran, palisi

Further reading

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