nagara

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nagara"

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra). Doublet of nacre

Noun

nagara (plural nagaras)

1. (music) A drum used in folk music in the Caucasus region.

Anagrams

• Angara

Japanese

Romanization

nagara

1. Rōmaji transcription of ながら

Javanese

Romanization

nagara

1. Romanization of ꦤꦒꦫ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”).

Noun

nagara

1. palace
2. court
3. residence
4. capital
5. state; realm

Derived terms

• kanagaran
• panagara

 

• mañcanagara
• swanagara
• śūnyanagara

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦤꦒꦫ (nagara), ꦤꦒꦫꦶ (nagari), ꦤꦼꦒꦫ (negara), ꦤꦼꦒꦫꦶ (negari)
• → Balinese: ᬦᬵᬕᬭ → ᬦᭂᬕᬭ

Further reading

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