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raga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "raga"

English

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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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Translations

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Anagrams

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Balinese

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Romanization

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raga

  1. Romanization of ᬭᬕ
  2. Romanization of ᬭᬵᬕ

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Malay raga, from Classical Malay raga (“body”), from Javanese ꦫꦒ (raga), from Old Javanese rāga (“body, lust”), from Pali राग (rāga, “attachment, lust”), from Sanskrit राग (rāga, “passion, desire”). Doublet of ragi and ragam.

Noun

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raga (plural raga-raga)

  1. body; physique
    Synonyms: jasmani, fisik, badan, tubuh
    jiwa raga; jiwa dan raga ― body and soul
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Malay raga (“basket”), from Old Javanese raga (“woven basket, wicker basket”).

Noun

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raga (plural raga-raga)

  1. basket
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Etymology 3

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Inherited from Malay raga (“rattan ball”)

Noun

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raga (plural raga-raga)

  1. rattan ball (for sports)

Etymology 4

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From Dayak

Noun

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raga (plural raga-raga)

  1. meat cut

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Iriga Bicolano

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Noun

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ragâ

  1. soil; earth
  2. land

Irish

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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raga m (genitive singular raga, nominative plural ragaí)

  1. worthless person or thing
  2. worthlessness, dissipation
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Etymology 2

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From English raga, from Sanskrit राग (rāga).

Noun

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raga m (genitive singular raga, nominative plural ragaí)

  1. (music) raga

Declension

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

References

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  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

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  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “raga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “raga”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈra.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Hyphenation: rà‧ga

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Sanskrit राग (rāga, “dye, colour/color”).

Noun

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raga f (invariable)

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

Etymology 2

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

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Noun

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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

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Clipping of ragamuffin (“ragga”)

Noun

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raga m (uncountable)

  1. (music) ragga

Further reading

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  • raga in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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Javanese

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Romanization

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raga

  1. Romanization of ꦫꦒ

Latvian

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Noun

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raga m

  1. genitive singular of rags

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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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.)

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Noun

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raga

  1. woven basket, wicker basket

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Descendants

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  • > Javanese: ꦫꦒ (raga) (inherited)
  • → Malay: raga
    • > Indonesian: raga (inherited)

Further reading

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

Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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  • arga — without metathesis

Adjective

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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

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Verb

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-raga (infinitive kuraga, perfective -raze)

  1. bequeath, give an inheritance

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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rȁga f (Cyrillic spelling ра̏га)

  1. old horse, nag

Declension

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Declension of raga
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

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Verb

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-raga?

  1. to drive (cattle)

Inflection

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Swahili

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raga

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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raga class IX (plural raga class X)

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

Ternate

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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raga

  1. (intransitive) to open the hand

Conjugation

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Conjugation of raga
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person toraga foraga miraga
2nd person noraga niraga
3rd
person 		masculine oraga iraga
yoraga (archaic)
feminine moraga
neuter iraga

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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