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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

raja (plural rajas)

1. Alternative spelling of rajah

Anagrams

• Ajar, ajar

Atong (India)

Etymology

From Bengali ???? (raja) or Hindi ???? (r?j?), from Sanskrit ????? (r?jan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rad??a/

Noun

raja (Bengali script ????)

1. king

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Balinese

Romanization

raja

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

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Cognate with Malay raja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.d??a/

Noun

raja

1. king

Coordinate terms

• (monarch):
  • maharaja (“emperor”)
  • permaisuri (“empress”)
  • puteri (“princess”)
  • pangiran, putera (“prince”)
  • raja isteri (“queen consort”)
  • ratu (“queen”)
  • sultan

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?ra.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ra.d??a/

Verb

raja

1. third-person singular present indicative form of rajar
2. second-person singular imperative form of rajar

Dutch

Noun

raja m (plural raja's, diminutive rajaatje n)

1. (rare) Alternative form of radja

Anagrams

• jaar

Estonian

Etymology 1

Either from Old East Slavic ???? (krai), or a newer loan from Russian ???? (kraj).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?j?

Noun

raja (genitive raja, partitive raja)

1. border

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

raja

1. genitive singular of rada

Finnish

(index ra)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic ???? (krai), from Proto-Slavic *kraj?. The same word was also borrowed into other Finnic languages, such as Estonian raja, Ingrian raja, Karelian raja, Ludian raja, Votic raja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?j?/, [?r?j?]
• Rhymes: -?j?
• Syllabification: ra?ja

Noun

raja

1. (geographically) boundary (line), border(line), frontier; a (city) limit; a (county) line
2. (socially; mentally) limit, bound, confine
3. (sports) line

Declension

Derived terms

• adjectives: rajallinen, rajaton
• verbs: rajata, rajoittaa

Compounds

• takaraja

Anagrams

• Arja

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• radja (van Ophuijsen (1901-1947), Republik/Soewandi (1947-1967))

Etymology

From Malay raja, from Classical Malay raja, from Sanskrit ????? (r?jan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hr????? (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr?????, from Proto-Indo-European *h?r??-?, from *h?r??s (“ruler, king”).

Noun

raja (plural raja-raja, first-person possessive rajaku, second-person possessive rajamu, third-person possessive rajanya)

1. king:
   1. a male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it's an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.
   2. (chess) the principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.
   3. (card games) a playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.

Coordinate terms

• (monarch):
  • ratu (“queen”)
  • permaisuri (“empress”)
  • putri (“princess”)
  • pangeran (“prince”)
  • sultan, bupati, kaisar (“emperor”)

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Further reading

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

Ingrian

Noun

raja

1. border
2. boundary

Karelian

Noun

raja

1. rim
2. border

Latvian

Pronunciation

Noun

raja f (4th declension)

1. ray, stingray (fish with a flat body and a pointed tail (superorder Batoidea))

Declension

Malay

Etymology

from Sanskrit ????? (r?jan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hr????? (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr?????, from Proto-Indo-European *h?r??-?, from *h?r??s (“ruler, king”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ra.d???/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ra.d??a/
• Rhymes: -ad???, -d???, -?

Noun

raja (Jawi spelling ????, plural raja-raja, informal 1st possessive rajaku, impolite 2nd possessive rajamu, 3rd possessive rajanya)

1. king (a male of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation)
2. (chess) king (a playing piece in chess)

Synonyms

• datu / ????? (archaic)

Coordinate terms

• (monarch):
  • ratu (“queen”)
  • permaisuri (“empress”)
  • puteri (“princess”)
  • putera, pangeran (“prince”)
  • sultan, kaisar maharaja (“emperor”)

Derived terms

See also

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

raja

1. vocative singular of rajas (“dust”)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ?????? (re'aya), from Arabic ????????? (ra??y?), plural of ????????? (ra?iyya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??ja/
• Hyphenation: ra?ja

Noun

rája f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (historical, collectively) commoners, rayah
2. (slang, collectively) a band, group, notably of friends
3. (slang, collectively) a crowd

Declension

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Reihe.

Noun

raja f

1. queue

Spanish

Etymology

From rajar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?raxa/, [?ra.xa]

Noun

raja f (plural rajas)

1. a slit, crack, gash
2. a slice (of melon, watermelon, lemon, sausage)
3. splinter (of wood)
4. (vulgar, slang) a cunt
5. (vulgar) ass (buttocks), anus

Verb

raja

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of rajar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of rajar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of rajar.

Further reading

• “raja” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tausug

Noun

raja

1. king