See also: Naga, nagą, nāga, Nāga, någå, and naga-

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Etymology 1

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From an Australian Aboriginal language; cf. Wulna nākā (dress, covering)[1]

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naga (plural nagas)

  1. (Australia) A loincloth.

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Mucalinda nāga sheltering Buddha; Sandstone with traces of pigment and gold, Honolulu Academy of Arts

Borrowed from Sanskrit नाग (nāga, serpent, snake). Doublet of snake.

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naga (plural nagas)

  1. (Indian mythology) A member of a class of semi-divine creatures, often taking the form of a very large snake and associated with water.
    • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 257:
      The five-coned towers form a quincunx, and their flanks are scooped into niches in each of which has been placed a smiling buddha shaded by a nine-headed naga like a big palm fan.
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Bikol Central

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋaRaq

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  • IPA(key): /naˈɡaʔ/ [n̪aˈɡaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: na‧ga

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nagâ (Basahan spelling ᜈᜄ)

  1. wild duck
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Etymology 2

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnaɡa/ [ˈn̪a.ɡa]
  • Hyphenation: na‧ga

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nága (Basahan spelling ᜈᜄ)

  1. (archaic) the narra tree (Pterocarpus indicus)
    Synonym: nara

Cebuano

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  • Hyphenation: na‧ga
  • IPA(key): /ˈnaɡa/ [ˈn̪a.ɡɐ]

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naga (plural kanagahan)

  1. the narra tree (Pterocarpus indicus)
  2. the wood from this tree

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Dutch

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naga

  1. inflection of nagaan:
    1. first-person singular dependent-clause present indicative
    2. (dated or formal) singular dependent-clause present subjunctive

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Iban

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Borrowed from Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, large snake).

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naga

  1. dragon (mythical creature)

Icelandic

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naga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative nagaði, supine nagað)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to gnaw

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Indonesian

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Inherited from Malay naga, from Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, large snake).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈna.ɡa/, [ˈna.ɡa]
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  • Rhymes: -ɡa, -a
  • Hyphenation: na‧ga

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naga (plural naga-naga, first-person possessive nagaku, second-person possessive nagamu, third-person possessive naganya)

  1. dragon (mythical creature)

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit नाग (nāga, snake), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *nāgás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nāgás, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neg- (to crawl).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈna.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Hyphenation: nà‧ga

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naga m (invariable)

  1. (Buddhist art) a representation of a human torso with a serpentine body

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  • naga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Javanese

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Romanization

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naga

  1. Romanization of ꦤꦒ

Laboya

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naga

  1. jackfruit

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  • Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “naga”, in Lamboya word list[1], Leiden: LexiRumah

Lower Sorbian

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naga

  1. feminine nominative singular of nagi

Maia

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naga

  1. part; piece

Malay

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Naga cina ("Chinese dragon")
Naga Barat ("Western dragon")

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Borrowed from Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, large snake).

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naga (Jawi spelling ناݢ, plural naga-naga, informal 1st possessive nagaku, 2nd possessive nagamu, 3rd possessive naganya)

  1. dragon (mythical creature)

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Maranao

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Borrowed from Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, large snake).

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naga

  1. dragon

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Murui Huitoto

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Cognates include Minica Huitoto naga and Nüpode Huitoto naga.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈnaɡa]
  • Hyphenation: na‧ga

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naga

  1. each, every

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  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 154
  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[3] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 184

Mwotlap

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From na- +‎ ga.

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naga

  1. Determinate form of ga (kava)

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Northern Kurdish

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naga (Arabic spelling ناگا)

  1. Alternative form of niha (now)

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  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “naga”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 52

Northern Sotho

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naga

  1. land, country

Old Javanese

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Borrowed from Sanskrit नग (naga, mountain).

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naga

  1. mountain
    Synonyms: acala, adri, arga, giri, gotra, gunuṅ, meru, naga, pārśwa, parwata, śaila, śikha, wukir

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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈna.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Syllabification: na‧ga

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naga

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of nagi

Portuguese

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  • Hyphenation: na‧ga

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naga f (plural nagas)

  1. (Indian mythology) naga (semi-divine creature taking the form of a giant snake)
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Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Ultimately from Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, large snake). Compare Kapampangan naga, Maranao naga, and Malay naga.

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naga (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜄ)

  1. dragon
    Synonym: dragon
  2. figurehead on the prow of ships
    Synonym: gandawari
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *naʀah. Doublet of nara.

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naga (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜄ)

  1. a species of narra

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Yakan

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Ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, large snake).

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naga

  1. dragon