dahil

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dalih (“be the reason for an action”) with metathesis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdahil/, [ˈd̪a.hil̪]
• IPA^(key): /ˈdaʔil/, [ˈd̪a.ʔil̪] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: da‧hil

dáhil (Basahan spelling ᜇᜑᜒᜎ᜔)

1. because; just because

   Synonyms: huli, ta, porke

• Hyphenation: da‧hil
• IPA^(key): /daˈhil/, [d̪ʌˈhil̪]

dahíl (Badlit spelling ᜇᜑᜒᜎ᜔)

1. to iron out

• rahil — dialectal, Teresa-Morong, informal

From a metathesis of Malay dalih (“reason; excuse”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dalih (“be the reason for an action”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdahil/, [ˈda.hɪl]
• Hyphenation: da‧hil

dahil (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜑᜒᜎ᜔)

1. because; since; for the reason that

   Synonyms: kasi, sapagkat

dahil (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜑᜒᜎ᜔)

1. cause; reason

   Synonyms: sanhi, katwiran, dahilan

2. purpose; motive

   Synonyms: layon, layunin

• lahid

From Ottoman Turkish دخل‎ (dahl, “connection, revenue”), from Arabic دَخْل‎ (daḵl).

• IPA^(key): /da.hil/

dahil (definite accusative dahli, plural dahiller)

1. involvement

• dahletmek

• dâhil

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “دخل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 566
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “dahil1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “دخل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 891
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN