marga

See also: Marga, mārga, and márga

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga). Doublet of marg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːɡə/

Noun

marga (plural margas)

1. (South Asia) The canon of established forms of classical music, dance etc., as opposed to modern or regional developments. [from 19th c.]
2. (Hinduism, yoga) Any of various paths or courses seen as leading to enlightenment. [from 20th c.]
3. (Buddhism) The noble eightfold path. [from 20th c.]

Etymology 2

From Jamaican Creole mawga derived from English meagre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɑːɡɐ]

Noun

marga (plural margas)

1. (MLE, vulgar) Someone of undernourished figure.
   • 2018 June 25, K.O. (lyrics and music), “Rolling Round”‎^[1], 1:05–1:07:

     Bro said he really don't lack to much
     I reply, can't you see it's a marga

   • 2020 April 14, Russ Millions (lyrics and music), “Playground 2”‎^[2], 1:00–1:03:

     Big Russ, not marga
     I still got a crush on Zara

Anagrams

• Magar, grama, ragam, rāgam

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Balinese

Romanization

marga

1. Romanization of ᬫᬵᬃᬕ.

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Estonian

Noun

marga

1. genitive singular of mark

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Fula

Noun

marga o

1. store, shop, depot
2. (historical) an agricultural village, farm, agricultural lands with homes on it

References

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

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Indonesian

Etymology

• Ultimately from Pali magga (“oath; road”) and Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga, “reach, range; mark, scar; track of a wild animal”), vṛddhi derivative of मृग (mṛga, “game animal; deer”).
  • Inherited from Malay marga (“wild animal”), from Classical Malay marga, from Old Malay margga (“track, way”) (compare to Balinese ᬫᬵᬃᬕ᭄ᬕ), came from above.
  • The sense of clan is a semantic loan from Toba Batak marga (“clan”), came from above.
  • The sense of hamlet is a semantic loan from Musi marga (“hamlet”), came from above.
  • The sense of road is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦩꦂꦒ (marga, “road”), came from above.
• The sense of family name is a semantic loan from Dutch familienaam (“family name”) as semantic extension of clan.
• The sense in taxonomy is a semantic loan from Dutch geslacht (“genus”, literally “linage, generation”) and Latin genus (literally “group; type, class; lineage, descent”) as semantic extension of clan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [marɡa]
• Hyphenation: mar‧ga
• Rhymes: -ɡa, -a

Noun

marga (first-person possessive margaku, second-person possessive margamu, third-person possessive marganya)

1. (obsolete) wild animal
2. surname; family name
3. (anthropology) clan:
   1. a group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.

      Synonym: klan

   2. specifically, the marga, Batak clan.
4. (historical) hamlet, a small village or a group of houses, in South Sumatra.
5. (biology, taxonomy) genus, a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank.

   Synonym: genus

6. (only in compounds) way, road, route, path

   Direktorat Jenderal Bina Marga ― General Directorate of Road Development

   Jasa Marga ― Road Service

   Synonym: jalan

Derived terms

• adimarga

 

• marga khusus
• marga monotipe
• margasatwa

 

Further reading

• “marga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Javanese

Romanization

marga

1. Romanization of ꦩꦂꦒ.

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Latin

Etymology

From Celtic, probably Gaulish (Pliny). The word has been compared to Irish marla (“clay”), Breton marg, as well as the placename Margidinum; compare Welsh marian (“rocks, pebbles, grit”) << Brythonic *marg-, but probably ultimately of Pre-Celtic substrate origin.

Noun

marga f (genitive margae); first declension

1. (geology) marl

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	marga	margae
Genitive	margae	margārum
Dative	margae	margīs
Accusative	margam	margās
Ablative	margā	margīs
Vocative	marga	margae

References

• “marga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• marga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, Volumes 109-110, p. 46
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “marian”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
• An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Mergel

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Old Norse

Adjective

marga

1. inflection of margr:
   1. strong feminine accusative singular
   2. strong masculine accusative plural
   3. weak feminine nominative singular
   4. weak masculine accusative/dative/genitive singular
   5. weak neuter singular

Noun

marga

1. accusative/genitive plural of margr

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Oromo

Noun

marga

1. grass

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -arɡa
• Syllabification: mar‧ga

Verb

marga

1. third-person singular present indicative of margać

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin marga, from Celtic/Gaulish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.ɡɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ.ɣɐ/
• Hyphenation: mar‧ga

Noun

marga f (plural margas)

1. (geology) marl (lime-rich mud)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin marga, from Celtic/Gaulish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾɡa/ [ˈmaɾ.ɣ̞a]
• Hyphenation: mar‧ga

Noun

marga f (plural margas)

1. (geology) marl

Derived terms

• margoso
• marguera

 

Further reading

• “marga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014