राग

See also: रग, रेग, रंग, रोग, and रोगी

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːɡ/, [ɾäːɡ]

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit राग (rāga).

Noun

राग • (rāg) m (Urdu spelling راگ‎)

1. color
2. emotion, feeling
3. passion
4. love
5. joy
6. sorrow
7. desire
8. (music) raga
9. melody
10. tune
11. harmony

Declension

Declension of राग (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	राग rāg	राग rāg
oblique	राग rāg	रागों rāgõ
vocative	राग rāg	रागो rāgo

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• rāga (Latin script)
• 𑀭𑀸𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• রাগ (Bengali script)
• රාග (Sinhalese script)
• ရာဂ or ရႃၷ (Burmese script)
• ราค or ราคะ (Thai script)
• ᩁᩣᨣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣາຄ or ຣາຄະ (Lao script)
• រាគ (Khmer script)

Noun

राग ?

1. colour
2. hue
3. dye
4. lust
5. attachment

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Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.ɡɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɾɑː.ɡɐ/

Etymology

Epic Sanskrit, from the verbal root rañj "to dye".

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬭᬵᬕ (Balinese script)
• ৰাগ (Assamese script)
• রাগ (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰯𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀸𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌰𑌾𑌗 (Grantha script)
• રાગ (Gujarati script)
• ꦫꦴꦒ (Javanese script)
• រាគ (Khmer script)
• ರಾಗ (Kannada script)
• ຣາຄ (Lao script)
• 𑘨𑘰𑘐 (Modi script)
• ရာဂ (Burmese script)
• 𑐬𑐵𑐐 (Newa script)
• ରାଗ (Oriya script)
• ꢬꢵꢔ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆳𑆓 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖯𑖐 (Siddham script)
• రాగ (Telugu script)
• ราค (Thai script)
• རཱག (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒰𑒑 (Tirhuta script)

Noun

राग • (rāga) m

1. (Epic Sanskrit) dye, colour, especially red colour
2. (Epic Sanskrit) passion, love, desire, delight
3. (Classical Sanskrit) beauty, loveliness, especially of a voice or song
4. (Classical Sanskrit) melody, harmony, "raga"

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of राग (rāga)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रागः rāgaḥ	रागौ rāgau	रागाः / रागासः¹ rāgāḥ / rāgāsaḥ¹
Vocative	राग rāga	रागौ rāgau	रागाः / रागासः¹ rāgāḥ / rāgāsaḥ¹
Accusative	रागम् rāgam	रागौ rāgau	रागान् rāgān
Instrumental	रागेण rāgeṇa	रागाभ्याम् rāgābhyām	रागैः / रागेभिः¹ rāgaiḥ / rāgebhiḥ¹
Dative	रागाय rāgāya	रागाभ्याम् rāgābhyām	रागेभ्यः rāgebhyaḥ
Ablative	रागात् rāgāt	रागाभ्याम् rāgābhyām	रागेभ्यः rāgebhyaḥ
Genitive	रागस्य rāgasya	रागयोः rāgayoḥ	रागाणाम् rāgāṇām
Locative	रागे rāge	रागयोः rāgayoḥ	रागेषु rāgeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → English: raga