different between raga vs ragga

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

Noun

ragga (uncountable)

1. (music) a subgenre of reggae that incorporates hip hop, rhythm and blues and sampling; dancehall

See also

• raga

Anagrams

• Gagra

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ragga m (uncountable)

1. Clipping of raggamuffin (“ragga”).

References

• ragga in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

Swedish

Etymology

Definitions 1-3 originate from ragg (“fur, bristles”). Definitions 4-5 are associated with the raggare subculture, possibly from trucker slang (åkarslang) ragga (upp) ("to pick something or someone up").

Verb

ragga (present raggar, preterite raggade, supine raggat, imperative ragga)

1. (dialect, Småland: gå å ragga) to go around untidy, uncombed, hair hanging down
2. (reflexive, dialect, Hälsingland: ragga sej) to regret
3. (ragga till) to bristle
4. to search, look for, hit on, pick up (women, in cars)
5. to search, look for, recruit (sponsors, supporters, new members)
   • 2009, Sydöstran (newspaper), December 2

     BTH raggar studenter i Lettland och Litauen

     Blekinge Institute of Technology recruits students in Latvia and Lithuania

Conjugation

References