raga

See also: Raga, ragā, and rāga

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːɡə

Noun

raga (plural ragas)

1. (music) Any of various melodic forms used in Indian classical music, or a piece of music composed in such a form.
   • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, p. 72:

     ‘The song is composed in a raga appropriate to the present hour, which is the evening.’

2. 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.

Translations

melodic mode used in Indian classical music

• Hindi: राग (hi) m (rāg)
• Marathi: राग m (rāga)
• Swedish: raga (sv)

• Tamil: ராகம் (ta) (rākam)
• Telugu: రాగము (te) (rāgamu)
• Urdu: راگ‎‎ m (rāg)

Further reading

• raga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Agra, agar, agra, raag

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Indonesian

Noun

raga

1. basket
2. ball (for sports)

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Irish

Etymology 1

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, from Sanskrit.

Noun

raga m (genitive singular raga, nominative plural ragaí)

1. (music) raga

Declension

Declension of raga

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative raga ragaí Vocative a raga a ragaí Genitive raga ragaí Dative raga ragaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an raga na ragaí Genitive an raga na ragaí Dative leis an raga don raga leis na ragaí

Further reading

• "raga" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “raga” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Italian

Etymology

Clipping of ragazzi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.ɡa/, [ˈräːɡä]
• Rhymes: -aɡa

Noun

raga m pl (plural only)

1. (slang, 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?

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Latvian

Noun

raga m

1. genitive singular form of rags

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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

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Swahili

raga

Noun

raga (n class, plural raga)

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

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

Compare Old Norse ráfa (“waver, go with staggering gait,”) English rove.

Verb

raga

1. To stagger.

Synonyms

• rangäl
• rega
• vangäl

Noun

raga m

1. A tall and narrow tree sapling.
2. A sloping dried-up tree.