Where does “kabatlayaan” come from?

kabatlayaan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog batlaya, from Tagalog bathala, from Sanskrit भट्टार — revered, worshipful.

kabatlayaan (Tagalog): spiritism

Definitions

  1. spiritism

Ancestry of “kabatlayaan”, step by step

kabatlayaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog batlaya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbatlayaspirit
2TagalogbathalaGod; The supreme deity of the Tagalog people
3Sanskritभट्टारrevered, worshipful

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Sanskrit भट्टार →Every word from Tagalog bathala →Every word from Tagalog batlaya →