agama

From Sranan Tongo agama (“lizard”), from a Gbe language; compare Ewe agama (“chameleon”).

agama (plural agamas)

1. Any of the various small, long-tailed lizards of the subfamily Agaminae of family Agamidae, especially in genera Acanthocercus, Agama, Dendragama, Laudakia, Phrynocephalus, Trapelus and Xenagama.

• agamid

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agama

1. Romanization of ᬆᬕᬫ.

agama

1. chameleon

From Sranan Tongo agama.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑɡɑmɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑɡɑmɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): aga‧ma

agama

1. agama

agama

1. crab

agama

1. agamic

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

agama

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From Malay agama, ugama, from Classical Malay اڬام (“agama”), أڬام (“ugama”), from Sanskrit आगम (āgama, “a traditional doctrine or precept”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aˈɡama/

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• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: a‧ga‧ma

agama (plural agama-agama)

1. religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)

• agama (Malaysia, Singapore)
• ugama (Brunei)
• igama
• oegama
• ugama

• “agama” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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From New Latin Agama, from Sranan Tongo agama (“lizard”), from a Gbe language; compare Ewe agama (“chameleon”).

agama f (plural agame)

1. agama

agama

1. Romanization of ꦲꦒꦩ.

agama

1. inflection of agamus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

agamā

1. ablative feminine singular of agamus

Borrowed from Malay agama, from Sanskrit आगम (āgama, “a traditional doctrine or precept”).

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈɡama/
• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: a‧ga‧ma

agama (Jawi spelling اݢام)

1. religion

• peragama
• agama Mesehi

From Sanskrit आगम (āgama, “a traditional doctrine or precept”).

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /aɡamə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /aɡama/
• Rhymes: -amə, -mə, -ə
• Rhymes: -a

agama (Jawi spelling اݢام, plural agama-agama, informal 1st possessive agamaku, 2nd possessive agamamu, 3rd possessive agamanya)

1. religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)

• agama Buddha (“Buddhism”)
• agama Hindu (“Hinduism”)
• agama Islam (“Islam”)
• agama Katolik (“Catholicism”)
• agama Kristian (“Christianity”)
• agama Sikh (“Sikhism”)
• agama Yahudi (“Judaism”)
• penunggang agama (religious rider, hypocrite)
• tunggang agama (to ride one's religion, to use religion for wrong or extreme ends)

• agama (Indonesia)
• ugama (Brunei, Singapore)

• anutan
• din
• kepercayaan

• beragama
• keagamaan

• Indonesian: agama
• → Maguindanao: agama
• → Maranao: agama
• → Tausug: agama

• “agama” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Malay agama, from Sanskrit आगम (āgama).

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agama

1. religion

agama m (plural agamas)

1. agama (lizard of the subfamily Agaminae)

agama

1. cooking pot with a ring

agama

1. religion

From a Gbe language; compare Ewe agama (“chameleon”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡama/, ,

agama

1. any of several small iguana species

• IPA^(key): /aˈɰa.ma/

agama

1. marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)

• E. Ireland field notes, confirmed with Piitsa, Muri, and other elders (all experienced hunters) in 1982 using José Cândido de Melo Carvalho's Atlas da Fauna Brasileira, Edições Melhoramentos, São Paulo, 1981.