different between raga vs gaga

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

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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.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???????/

Etymology 1

From French gaga

Adjective

gaga (comparative more gaga, superlative most gaga)

1. (informal) Mentally senile.

   The elderly patients in the hospital were going gaga.

2. (informal) Crazy.

   You might go gaga if you stare at this screen too long.

   • Should he lose it once and for all, he and Kathleen would need lots of money. Also, he had said to me, you could be gaga in a tenured chair at Princeton, and would anybody notice?

3. (informal) Infatuated.

   The girls were going gaga over the handsome new boy who joined the class.

Usage notes

• As demonstrated in the example sentences above, gaga is often preceded by the verb go.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

gaga (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of ga-ga (“game resembling dodgeball”)

Balinese

Romanization

gaga

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

Barngarla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?a/

Noun

gaga

1. head

References

• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2019). Barngarlidhi Manoo (Speaking Barngarla Together) (Barngarla Alphabet & Picture Book). p.50-56.
  Part 1 Part 2
• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad and Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (2018). Online Barngarla Dictionary.
• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2016). Barngarla Aboriginal Language Dictionary App.
  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.regenr8.dictionary.barngarla
  https://apps.apple.com/au/app/barngarla/id1424856161

French

Etymology

Reduplication of the base of gâteux (“senile”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.?a/

Adjective

gaga (plural gagas)

1. (informal) gaga (senile)
2. (informal) gaga (crazy)
3. (informal) gaga (infatuated)

Synonyms

senile

• fou
• foufou
• gâteux
• neuneu
• zinzin

crazy

• fou
• foufou
• neuneu
• zinzin

Further reading

• “gaga” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Ga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?a/

Noun

gaga (plural gagai)

1. any ant with large mandibles, such as a soldier ant or driver ant

See also

• tsatsu
• tsatsutsuru
• gbense

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?a/

Noun

gaga

1. wine

References

• (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??a?a]
• Hyphenation: ga?ga

Adjective

gaga (not comparable)

1. (predicative, colloquial) gaga

Further reading

• “gaga” in Duden online

Japanese

Romanization

gaga

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Lindu

Adverb

gaga

1. very

Tagalog

Etymology

• From gago

Adjective

gaga

1. (vulgar) (feminine) an idiot, asshole

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ?????.

Noun

gaga (definite accusative gagay?, plural gagalar)

1. bill, beak

Declension

Derived terms

• gagalamak

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “????”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1334