EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
model; standard; pattern...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/sung-KA-ran/
FIL: Isang pamantayan, huwaran, o modelo na ginagamit bilang batayan ng paghahambing o pagsusuri.
EN: model; standard; pattern
This is your 'gold standard,' your 'benchmark,' your 'peg.' It's the person, thing, or KPI (Key Performance Indicator) that you measure everything else against. 'Siya ang sungkaran ng kagandahan.' (She's the standard of beauty). In a BPO setting, it's the top agent's stats that everyone else is compared to.
The connection to 'sungkad' (to probe) is semantic, possibly from 'probing/measuring against a standard'.
ROOT MEANING: a probe; act of scooping with a pointed object
This is a very formal and somewhat archaic word. 'Pamantayan' or 'huwaran' are much more common.
🇵🇭 Ang kanyang mga gawa ang naging sungkaran para sa mga susunod na henerasyon ng mga artista.
🇺🇸 His works became the standard for the next generations of artists.
🇵🇭 Itinuturing nilang sungkaran ng katapatan ang kanilang yumaong lider.
🇺🇸 They consider their deceased leader as the model of honesty.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.