raga
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit राग (rāga, “dye, colour”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑːɡə
Noun
raga (countable and uncountable, plural ragas)
- (countable, music) Any of various melodic forms used in Indian classical music, or a piece of music composed in such a form.
- Coordinate term: ragini
- 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, p. 72:
- ‘The song is composed in a raga appropriate to the present hour, which is the evening.’
- (uncountable) Passion, love, lust.
- 2009, Jennifer Schwamm Willis, The Joy of Yoga, →ISBN:
- The conditions of asmita, raga, dvesha, and abhinivesha have a physical basis: they function to inhibit the normal pulsatory rhythms of the physical body.
- 2009, Swami Ambikananda Saraswati, Healing Yoga, →ISBN, page 18:
- We get tired of the slipping and sliding between raga and dvesha and we seek something more permanent - so instead of looking outward we begin to look inward. This is Yoga - the heart of Yoga.
- 2010, Chogyam Trungpa, The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa, →ISBN:
- In order to increase security, desire (raga, trishna, lobha) appears in all its forms, and one accumulates more and more of that which establishes one's position in samsara.
- 2012, Swami Rama, Sadhana: The Path to Enlightenment, →ISBN, page 80:
- Raga and dvesha, attachment and hatred, are two sides of the same coin.
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Translations
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Further reading
raga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Agar, Agra, agar, agra, raag
Balinese
Romanization
raga
- Romanization of ᬭᬕ
- Romanization of ᬭᬵᬕ
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ra.ɡa/
- Hyphenation: ra‧ga
Etymology 1
From Malay raga, from Classical Malay raga (“body”), from Javanese [Term?], from Old Javanese rāga (“body, lust”), from Pali राग (rāga, “attachment, lust”), from Sanskrit राग (rāga, “passion, desire”). Doublet of ragi and ragam.
Noun
raga
- body
Synonyms
- badan
- tubuh
Derived terms
- beraga
- memperagakan
- meraga
- meragakan
- pemeraga
- pemeragaan
- peraga
- peragaan
Etymology 2
From Malay raga.
Noun
raga (first-person possessive ragaku, second-person possessive ragamu, third-person possessive raganya)
- basket
- ball (for sports)
Further reading
- “raga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
raga m (genitive singular raga, nominative plural ragaí)
- worthless person or thing
- worthlessness, dissipation
Derived terms
- dul chun raga (“to go to the bad”)
Etymology 2
From English, from Sanskrit.
Noun
raga m (genitive singular raga, nominative plural ragaí)
- (music) raga
Declension
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “raga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “raga” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈra.ɡa/
- Rhymes: -aɡa
- Hyphenation: rà‧ga
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Sanskrit राग (rāga, “dye, colour/color”).
Noun
raga f (invariable)
- (music) raga (melodic mode used in Indian classical music)
Etymology 2
Clipping of ragazzi (“guys”) or ragazze (“girls”).
Noun
raga m pl (plural only)
- (colloquial) a form of address for a group of persons of either gender; guys
- Ehi raga, andiamo in spiaggia oggi? ― Hey guys, wanna go to the beach today?
Etymology 3
Clipping of ragamuffin (“ragga”)
Noun
raga m (uncountable)
- (music) ragga
Further reading
- raga in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams
- Agar, agra, gara
Javanese
Romanization
raga
- Romanization of ꦫꦒ
Latvian
Noun
raga m
- genitive singular form of rags
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- arga (without metathesis)
Adjective
raga
- strong feminine accusative singular of ragr
- strong masculine accusative plural of ragr
- weak masculine oblique singular of ragr
- weak feminine nominative singular of ragr
- weak neuter singular of ragr
Rwanda-Rundi
Verb
-raga (infinitive kuraga, perfective -raze)
- bequeath, give an inheritance
Derived terms
- umurage (Rwanda) / iragi (Rundi)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /râɡa/
- Hyphenation: ra‧ga
Noun
rȁga f (Cyrillic spelling ра̏га)
- old horse, nag
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | raga | rage |
| genitive | rage | raga |
| dative | ragi | ragama |
| accusative | ragu | rage |
| vocative | rago | rage |
| locative | ragi | ragama |
| instrumental | ragom | ragama |
Southern Ndebele
Verb
-raga?
- to drive (cattle)
Inflection
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Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
raga (n class, plural raga)
- rugby (a sport where players can hold or kick an ovoid ball)
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɾa.ɡa]
Verb
raga
- (intransitive) to open the hand
Conjugation
| Conjugation of raga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Inclusive | Exclusive | |||
| 1st | toraga | foraga | miraga | |
| 2nd | noraga | niraga | ||
| 3rd | Masculine | oraga | iraga, yoraga† | |
| Feminine | moraga | |||
| Neuter | iraga | |||
| † - archaic | ||||
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Cognate with Scanian rawa, Danish rave. Compare Old Norse ráfa (“waver, go with staggering gait,”) English rove.
Verb
raga
- To stagger.
Synonyms
- rangäl
- rega
- vangäl
Noun
raga m
- A tall and narrow tree sapling.
- A sloping dried-up tree.