راغ

Arabic

Root
ر و غ (r-w-ḡ)

Verb

رَاغَ • (rāḡa) I, non-past يَرُوغُ‎ (yarūḡu)

1. to turn, to swerve

Conjugation

Conjugation of

رَاغَ

(form-I hollow, verbal nouns رَوْغ or رَوَغَان)

verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر						رَوْغ or رَوَغَان rawḡ or rawaḡān
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						رَائِغ rāʔiḡ
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَرُوغ marūḡ
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	رُغْتُ ruḡtu	رُغْتَ ruḡta	رَاغَ rāḡa		رُغْتُمَا ruḡtumā	رَاغَا rāḡā		رُغْنَا ruḡnā	رُغْتُمْ ruḡtum	رَاغُوا rāḡū
	f		رُغْتِ ruḡti	رَاغَتْ rāḡat			رَاغَتَا rāḡatā			رُغْتُنَّ ruḡtunna	رُغْنَ ruḡna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَرُوغُ ʔarūḡu	تَرُوغُ tarūḡu	يَرُوغُ yarūḡu		تَرُوغَانِ tarūḡāni	يَرُوغَانِ yarūḡāni		نَرُوغُ narūḡu	تَرُوغُونَ tarūḡūna	يَرُوغُونَ yarūḡūna
	f		تَرُوغِينَ tarūḡīna	تَرُوغُ tarūḡu			تَرُوغَانِ tarūḡāni			تَرُغْنَ taruḡna	يَرُغْنَ yaruḡna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَرُوغَ ʔarūḡa	تَرُوغَ tarūḡa	يَرُوغَ yarūḡa		تَرُوغَا tarūḡā	يَرُوغَا yarūḡā		نَرُوغَ narūḡa	تَرُوغُوا tarūḡū	يَرُوغُوا yarūḡū
	f		تَرُوغِي tarūḡī	تَرُوغَ tarūḡa			تَرُوغَا tarūḡā			تَرُغْنَ taruḡna	يَرُغْنَ yaruḡna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَرُغْ ʔaruḡ	تَرُغْ taruḡ	يَرُغْ yaruḡ		تَرُوغَا tarūḡā	يَرُوغَا yarūḡā		نَرُغْ naruḡ	تَرُوغُوا tarūḡū	يَرُوغُوا yarūḡū
	f		تَرُوغِي tarūḡī	تَرُغْ taruḡ			تَرُوغَا tarūḡā			تَرُغْنَ taruḡna	يَرُغْنَ yaruḡna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		رُغْ ruḡ			رُوغَا rūḡā				رُوغُوا rūḡū
	f		رُوغِي rūḡī							رُغْنَ ruḡna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	رِغْتُ riḡtu	رِغْتَ riḡta	رِيغَ rīḡa		رِغْتُمَا riḡtumā	رِيغَا rīḡā		رِغْنَا riḡnā	رِغْتُمْ riḡtum	رِيغُوا rīḡū
	f		رِغْتِ riḡti	رِيغَتْ rīḡat			رِيغَتَا rīḡatā			رِغْتُنَّ riḡtunna	رِغْنَ riḡna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُرَاغُ ʔurāḡu	تُرَاغُ turāḡu	يُرَاغُ yurāḡu		تُرَاغَانِ turāḡāni	يُرَاغَانِ yurāḡāni		نُرَاغُ nurāḡu	تُرَاغُونَ turāḡūna	يُرَاغُونَ yurāḡūna
	f		تُرَاغِينَ turāḡīna	تُرَاغُ turāḡu			تُرَاغَانِ turāḡāni			تُرَغْنَ turaḡna	يُرَغْنَ yuraḡna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُرَاغَ ʔurāḡa	تُرَاغَ turāḡa	يُرَاغَ yurāḡa		تُرَاغَا turāḡā	يُرَاغَا yurāḡā		نُرَاغَ nurāḡa	تُرَاغُوا turāḡū	يُرَاغُوا yurāḡū
	f		تُرَاغِي turāḡī	تُرَاغَ turāḡa			تُرَاغَا turāḡā			تُرَغْنَ turaḡna	يُرَغْنَ yuraḡna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُرَغْ ʔuraḡ	تُرَغْ turaḡ	يُرَغْ yuraḡ		تُرَاغَا turāḡā	يُرَاغَا yurāḡā		نُرَغْ nuraḡ	تُرَاغُوا turāḡū	يُرَاغُوا yurāḡū
	f		تُرَاغِي turāḡī	تُرَغْ turaḡ			تُرَاغَا turāḡā			تُرَغْنَ turaḡna	يُرَغْنَ yuraḡna

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian راغ (râğ, “meadow”), itself from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lʾg /⁠rāɣ⁠/, “meadow”).

Noun

راغ • (rağ)

1. foot of a mountain, the lower part of a mountain

   Synonyms: اتك (etek), یاقه (yaka)

2. meadow, field, garden, a grassy place

Descendants

• Turkish: rag

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “rag”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3929
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “راغ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 612
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “راغ”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, column 2261
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “راغ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 957

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lʾg /⁠rāɣ⁠/, “meadow”). Compare Sogdian 𐫡𐫀𐫄 (rʾɣ /⁠rāγ⁠/, “plain”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾɑːɣ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑːɣ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑːɣ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rɑːɣ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rɔːɣ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹɒːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɔʁ]

Readings
Classical reading?	rāğ
Dari reading?	rāğ
Iranian reading?	râğ
Tajik reading?	roġ

Noun

راغ • (râğ)

1. meadow

   Synonym: چمن (čaman)

   • c. 1100, Amīr Mu'izzī, “Qaṣīda 14”, in دیوان امیر معزی‎^[4]:

     باغ شد از ابر پر ز لؤلؤ لالا
     راغ شد از باد پر ز عنبر سارا

     bāğ šud az abr pur zi lu'lu'-i lālā
     rāğ šud az bād pur zi ambar-i sārā

     The garden became full of lustrous pearls by the cloud,
     The meadow became full of pure ambergris by the breeze.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)