राग

See also: रग, रेग, रंग, रोग, and रोगी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit राग (rāga).

Pronunciation

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

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 forms

• 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 m

1. Devanagari script form of rāga (“colour; passion”)

Declension

Declension table of "राग" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	रागो (rāgo)	रागा (rāgā)
Accusative (second)	रागं (rāgaṃ)	रागे (rāge)
Instrumental (third)	रागेन (rāgena)	रागेहि (rāgehi) or रागेभि (rāgebhi)
Dative (fourth)	रागस्स (rāgassa) or रागाय (rāgāya) or रागत्थं (rāgatthaṃ)	रागानं (rāgānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	रागस्मा (rāgasmā) or रागम्हा (rāgamhā) or रागा (rāgā)	रागेहि (rāgehi) or रागेभि (rāgebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	रागस्स (rāgassa)	रागानं (rāgānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	रागस्मिं (rāgasmiṃ) or रागम्हि (rāgamhi) or रागे (rāge)	रागेसु (rāgesu)
Vocative (calling)	राग (rāga)	रागा (rāgā)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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)
• 𑧈𑧑𑦰 (Nandinagari 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