raga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "raga"

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːɡə

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• raga rock

Translations

melodic mode used in Indian classical music

• Bengali: রাগ (bn) (rag)
• Czech: rága f
• Hindi: राग (hi) m (rāg)
• Malayalam: രാഗം (ml) (rāgaṁ)
• Marathi: राग m (rāg)
• Swedish: raga (sv)
• Tamil: ராகம் (ta) (rākam)
• Telugu: రాగము (te) (rāgamu)
• Urdu: راگ m (rāg)

Further reading

• raga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• raag, agar, agra, Agra, Agar, Gara

Balinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raɡə/
• Hyphenation: ra‧ga

Etymology 1

From Old Javanese rāga, from Pali राग (rāga, “attachment, lust”), from Sanskrit राग (rāga, “passion, desire”).

Noun

raga (Balinese script ᬭᬕ)

1. body

Pronoun

raga (Balinese script ᬭᬕ)

1. first person pronoun
2. second person pronoun

Etymology 2

From Old Javanese, from Pali राग (rāga, “attachment, lust”), from Sanskrit राग (rāga, “passion, desire”).

Noun

raga (Balinese script ᬭᬵᬕ)

1. lust, love

Further reading

• “raga” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈraɡa/ [ˈra.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: ra‧ga

Etymology 1

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

raga (plural raga-raga)

1. body; physique

   Synonyms: jasmani, fisik, badan, tubuh

   jiwa raga; jiwa dan raga ― body and soul

Derived terms

• beraga
• diperagakan
• diraga
• diragakan
• keragaan
• memperagakan
• meraga
• meragakan
• pemeraga
• pemeragaan
• peraga
• peragaan

Etymology 2

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

Noun

raga (plural raga-raga)

1. basket

Derived terms

• meraga

Etymology 3

Inherited from Malay raga (“rattan ball”)

Noun

raga (plural raga-raga)

1. rattan ball (for sports)

Etymology 4

From Dayak

Noun

raga (plural raga-raga)

1. meat cut

Further reading

• “raga” 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.

Iriga Bicolano

Noun

ragâ

1. soil; earth
2. land

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠɑɡə/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

raga m (genitive singular raga, nominative plural ragaí)

1. worthless person or thing
2. worthlessness, dissipation

Derived terms

• dul chun raga (“to go to the bad”)

Etymology 2

From English raga, from Sanskrit राग (rāga).

Noun

raga m (genitive singular raga, nominative plural ragaí)

1. (music) raga

Declension

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

Further reading

• 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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

raga f (invariable)

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

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• ragà

Noun

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

Clipping of ragamuffin (“ragga”)

Noun

raga m (uncountable)

1. (music) ragga

Further reading

• raga in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

• Agar, agra, gara

Javanese

Romanization

raga

1. romanization of ꦫꦒ

Latvian

Noun

raga m

1. genitive singular of rags

Old Javanese

Etymology

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.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɡa
• Homophone: rāga
• Hyphenation: ra‧ga

Noun

raga

1. woven basket, wicker basket

Derived terms

• raga-raga

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• arga — without metathesis

Adjective

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

Verb

-raga (infinitive kuraga, perfective -raze)

1. bequeath, give an inheritance

Derived terms

• umurage (Rwanda) / iragi (Rundi)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rȁga f (Cyrillic spelling ра̏га)

1. old horse, nag

Declension

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

Verb

-raga^?

1. to drive (cattle)

Inflection

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Swahili

raga

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

raga class IX (plural raga class X)

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

   Synonym: gori

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾa.ɡa]

Verb

raga

1. (intransitive) to open the hand

Conjugation

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

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