digma

From Ancient Greek δεῖγμα (deîgma).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːɡ.ma/, [ˈd̪iːɡmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiɡ.ma/, [ˈd̪iɡmä]

dīgma n (genitive dīgmatis); third declension

1. A specimen
2. An ensign on the shields of soldiers

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• “digma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• digma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

• rigma — dialectal, Teresa-Morong, informal

Ultimately from Sanskrit जिह्म (jihma, “arthwart; opposition”).

• Hyphenation: dig‧ma
• IPA^(key): /diɡˈmaʔ/, [dɪɡˈmaʔ]

digmâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜄ᜔ᜋ)

1. war

   Synonyms: giyera, digmaan

2. attack against an enemy country
3. (figurative) campaign against something bad (such as gambling, drugs, etc.)

• "digma" at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “digma”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 122