noun, feminine/daˈlaɡa/plural: dalagas
a young woman who has passed puberty but is not yet married; an eligible young woman
“Zamboanga hermosa/ Preciosa perlita/ Orgullo de Mindanao/Tus bellas dalagas/son las que hermosean/Tu deliciosa ciudad”
Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀa Proto-Philippine *dadaʀa Sanskrit दारिका (dārikā)bor.? Sanskrit दार (dāra)bor.? Tagalog dalagabor. Spanish dalaga Borrowed from Tagalog dalaga.