This English noun can be transliterated into Tagalog as pábertí.
karukhaan
poverty
The adjective form is poor.
Poverty is the state of not having enough material possessions or income for a person’s basic needs.
Absolute poverty is the complete lack of the means necessary to meet basic personal needs, such as food, clothing, and shelter.
The 2018 poverty incidence among population, or the proportion of poor Filipinos whose per capita income is insufficient to meet their basic food and non-food needs, is estimated at 16.7 percent. This translates to about 17.7 million Filipinos living in poverty in 2018.
KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
karukhaán: kahirápan
