different between rag vs raga

English

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Etymology 1

From Middle English ragge, from Old English ragg (suggested by derivative raggi? (“shaggy; bristly; ragged”)), from Old Norse r?gg (“tuft; shagginess”). Cognate with Swedish ragg. Related to rug.

Noun

rag (plural rags)

1. (in the plural) Tattered clothes.
2. A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.
3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
4. A ragged edge in metalworking.
5. (nautical, slang) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
6. (singular or plural, slang) Sanitary napkins, pads, or other materials used to absorb menstrual discharge.
7. (slang, derogatory) A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality.

   Synonym: fish wrap
8. (poker) A poor, low-ranking kicker.

   I have ace-four on my hand. In other words, I have ace-rag.

9. (slang, theater) A curtain of various kinds.
10. (dated) A person suffering from exhaustion or lack of energy.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

rag (third-person singular simple present rags, present participle ragging, simple past and past participle ragged)

1. (transitive) To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
2. (intransitive) To become tattered.

Etymology 2

Unknown origin; perhaps the same word as Etymology 1, above.

Noun

rag (plural rags)

1. A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
   • 2003, Peter Ackroyd, The Clerkenwell Tales, page 1:

     the three walls around the garden, each one of thirty-three feet, were built out of three layers of stone — pebble stone, flint and rag stone.

Derived terms

• coral rag
• Kentish rag
• ragwork

Verb

rag (third-person singular simple present rags, present participle ragging, simple past and past participle ragged)

1. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
2. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.

Etymology 3

Origin uncertain.

Verb

rag (third-person singular simple present rags, present participle ragging, simple past and past participle ragged)

1. To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
2. (Britain slang) To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
3. To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.

Derived terms

• bullirag
• rag the puck
• rag on

Translations

Noun

rag (plural rags)

1. (dated) A prank or practical joke.
2. (Britain, Ireland) A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.

Derived terms

• rag day
• rag week

Etymology 4

Perhaps from ragged. Compare later ragtime.

Noun

rag (plural rags)

1. (obsolete, US) An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands. [19th c.]
2. A ragtime song, dance or piece of music. [from 19th c.]

Translations

Verb

rag (third-person singular simple present rags, present participle ragging, simple past and past participle ragged)

1. (transitive, informal) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
2. (intransitive, informal) To dance to ragtime music.
3. (music, obsolete) To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.

References

Anagrams

• ARG, Arg., GAR, Gra, RGA, arg, gar

Breton

Preposition

rag

1. before

Dutch

Etymology 1

Unknown, only found to related to West Frisian reach, though possibly more distantly to Old Saxon raginna (“rough hair”), Old English ragu (“moss”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?x/

Noun

rag n (plural raggen, diminutive ragje n)

1. spider silk

Synonyms

• spinrag

Derived terms

• ragfijn

Etymology 2

From English rag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r??/

Noun

rag n (plural rags, diminutive ragje n)

1. A piece of ragtime music.

German

Verb

rag

1. singular imperative of ragen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of ragen

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from ragad. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?r??]
• Hyphenation: rag
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

rag (plural ragok)

1. (grammar) inflectional suffix/affix, termination, ending (for nominals, mostly case endings; for verbs and postpositions, personal suffixes; almost exclusively at the very end of a word in Hungarian)

   Hypernym: toldalék

   Coordinate terms: képz?, jel

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Further reading

• (suffix): rag in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• ([regional] a kind of beam or a part of the roof): rag in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

North Frisian

Noun

rag m (plural rager)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) (anatomy) back

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

rag

1. stiff, rigid, inflexible
2. stubborn, obstinate

Derived terms

• rag-mhuinealach

Somali

Noun

rag ?

1. man

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /?a?k?/
• Tone numbers: rag⁸
• Hyphenation: rag

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *C?.ra?k? (“root”). Cognate with Thai ??? (râak), Northern Thai ????, Khün ????, Lao ??? (h?k), Lü ??? (haak), Tai Dam ???, Shan ????? (h?ak), Ahom ???????????? (rak), Nong Zhuang laeg, Zuojiang Zhuang lag, Saek ????.

Noun

rag (old orthography rag)

1. root.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *C?.la?k? (“to pull; to drag”). Cognate with Thai ??? (lâak), Lao ??? (l?k), Shan ????? (l?ak), Ahom ???????????? (lak), Nong Zhuang laeg, Zuojiang Zhuang lag.

Verb

rag (old orthography rag)

1. to drag; to pull; to haul.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??? (r?ga, “dye, colour”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -????

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.

Translations

Further reading

• raga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Agar, Agra, agar, agra, raag

Balinese

Romanization

raga

1. Romanization of ??
2. Romanization of ???

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.?a/
• Hyphenation: ra?ga

Etymology 1

From Malay raga, from Classical Malay raga (“body”), from Javanese [Term?], from Old Javanese r?ga (“body, lust”), from Pali ??? (r?ga, “attachment, lust”), from Sanskrit ??? (r?ga, “passion, desire”). Doublet of ragi and ragam.

Noun

raga

1. body

Synonyms

• badan
• tubuh

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Malay raga.

Noun

raga (first-person possessive ragaku, second-person possessive ragamu, third-person possessive raganya)

1. basket
2. ball (for sports)

Further reading

• “raga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

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, from Sanskrit.

Noun

raga m (genitive singular raga, nominative plural ragaí)

1. (music) raga

Declension

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.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra.?a/
• Rhymes: -a?a
• Hyphenation: rà?ga

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??? (r?ga, “dye, colour”).

Noun

raga f (invariable)

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

Etymology 2

Clipping of ragazzi (“guys”)

Noun

raga m pl (plural only)

1. (slang, colloquial) A form of address for a group of persons of either gender; guys.

Etymology 3

Clipping of ragamuffin (“ragga”)

Noun

raga m (uncountable)

1. (music) ragga

References

• raga in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

Latvian

Noun

raga m

1. genitive singular form of rags

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): /râ?a/
• Hyphenation: ra?ga

Noun

r?ga f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. old horse, nag

Declension

Southern Ndebele

Verb

-raga^?

1. to drive (cattle)

Inflection

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Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

raga (n class, plural raga)

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

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Cognate with Scanian rawa, Danish rave. Compare Old Norse ráfa (“waver, go with staggering gait,”) English rove.

Verb

raga

1. To stagger.

Synonyms

• rangäl
• rega
• vangäl

Noun

raga

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