raga

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See also: Raga, ragā, and rāga

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit राग (rāga, dye, colour).

Pronunciation

Noun

raga (countable and uncountable, plural ragas)

  1. (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, published 2005, page 72:
      ‘The song is composed in a raga appropriate to the present hour, which is the evening.’
  2. (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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Anagrams

Balinese

Romanization

raga

  1. Romanization of ᬭᬕ
  2. Romanization of ᬭᬵᬕ

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ra.ɡa/
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ga

Etymology 1

From Malay raga, from Classical Malay raga (body), from Javanese , 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

  1. body
    jiwa dan raga: body and soul
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Etymology 2

From Malay raga.

Noun

raga (plural raga-raga)

  1. basket
  2. ball (for sports)

Further reading

Iriga Bicolano

Noun

ragâ

  1. soil; earth
  2. land

Irish

Pronunciation

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)

  1. worthless person or thing
  2. worthlessness, dissipation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English raga, from Sanskrit राग (rāga).

Noun

raga m (genitive singular raga, nominative plural ragaí)

  1. (music) raga

Declension

Declension of raga (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative raga ragaí
vocative a raga a ragaí
genitive raga ragaí
dative raga ragaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an raga na ragaí
genitive an raga na ragaí
dative leis an raga
don raga
leis na ragaí

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 184, page 92

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “raga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • raga”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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)

  1. (music) raga (melodic mode used in Indian classical music)

Etymology 2

Clipping of ragazzi (guys) or ragazze (girls).

Noun

raga m pl (plural only)

  1. (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)

  1. (music) ragga

Further reading

  • raga in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

Javanese

Romanization

raga

  1. Romanization of ꦫꦒ

Latvian

Noun

raga m

  1. genitive singular of rags

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laja (to plait, weave by hand, of baskets or mats). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

raga

  1. woven basket, wicker basket

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦫꦒ (raga)

Further reading

  • "raga" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • arga (without metathesis)

Adjective

raga

  1. strong feminine accusative singular of ragr
  2. strong masculine accusative plural of ragr
  3. weak masculine oblique singular of ragr
  4. weak feminine nominative singular of ragr
  5. weak neuter singular of ragr

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-raga (infinitive kuraga, perfective -raze)

  1. bequeath, give an inheritance

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /râɡa/
  • Hyphenation: ra‧ga

Noun

rȁga f (Cyrillic spelling ра̏га)

  1. old horse, nag

Declension

Southern Ndebele

Verb

-raga?

  1. to drive (cattle)

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Swahili

raga

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

raga class IX (plural raga class X)

  1. rugby (a sport where players can hold or kick an ovoid ball)

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

raga

  1. (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