# marga
## English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga). Doublet of marg.

#### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈmɑːɡə/
* Rhymes: (UK) -ɑːɡə

#### Noun

marga (countable and uncountable, plural margas)
* (South Asia) The canon of established forms of classical music, dance etc., as opposed to modern or regional developments. [from 19th c.]
* (Hinduism, yoga) Any of various paths or courses seen as leading to enlightenment. [from 20th c.]
* (Buddhism) The noble eightfold path. [from 20th c.]

### Etymology 2

From Jamaican Creole mawga, derived from English meagre.

#### Pronunciation

* (MLE) IPA: [mɑːɡɐ]

#### Noun

marga (plural margas)
* (MLE, vulgar) Someone of undernourished figure.
** 2018 June 25, K.O. (lyrics and music), “Rolling Round”‎, 1:05–1:07:Bro said he really don't lack to much I reply, can't you see it's a marga
** 2020 April 14, Russ Millions (lyrics and music), “Playground 2”‎, 1:00–1:03:Big Russ, not marga I still got a crush on Zara
** 2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Tanice (Llewella Gideon):That marga boy you brought round… […] He ain't your type, baby.

### Anagrams

* Magar, grama, ragam, rāgam

## Balinese
### Romanization

marga
* Romanization of ᬫᬵᬃᬕ.

## Estonian
### Noun

marga
* genitive singular of mark

## Fula
### Noun

marga o
* store, shop, depot
* (historical) an agricultural village, farm, agricultural lands with homes on it

### References

* Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

* Ultimately from Pali magga (“oath; road”) and Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga, “reach, range; mark, scar; track of a wild animal”), vṛddhi derivative of मृग (mṛga, “game animal; deer”).
** Inherited from Malay marga (“wild animal”), from Classical Malay marga, from Old Malay margga (“track, way”) (as in Talang Tuwo inscription (684 CE), compare to Balinese ᬫᬵᬃᬕ᭄ᬕ), came from above.
** The sense of clan is a semantic loan from Toba Batak marga (“clan”), came from above.
** The sense of hamlet is a semantic loan from Musi marga (“hamlet”), came from above.
** The sense of road is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦩꦂꦒ (marga, “road”), came from above.
* The sense of family name is a semantic loan from Dutch familienaam (“family name”) as semantic extension of clan.
* The sense in taxonomy is a semantic loan from Dutch geslacht (“genus”, literally “linage, generation”) and Latin genus (literally “group; type, class; lineage, descent”) as semantic extension of clan.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈmarɡa/ [ˈmar.ɡa]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -arɡa
* Syllabification: mar‧ga

### Noun

marga (plural marga-marga)
* (obsolete) wild animal
* surname; family name
* (anthropology) clan:
** a group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.
    Synonym: klan
** specifically, the marga, Batak clan.
* (historical) hamlet, a small village or a group of houses, in South Sumatra.
* (biology, taxonomy) genus, a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank.
    Synonym: genus
* (only in compounds) way, road, route, path
    Direktorat Jenderal Bina Marga ― General Directorate of Road Development
    Jasa Marga ― Road Service
    Synonym: jalan

#### Derived terms

* adimarga
* marga khusus
* marga monotipe
* margasatwa

### Further reading

* “marga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

marga
* Romanization of ꦩꦂꦒ.

## Latin
### Etymology

From Celtic, probably Gaulish (Pliny). The word has been compared to Breton marg as well as the placename Margidinum; compare Welsh marian (“rocks, pebbles, grit”) from Proto-Brythonic *marɣ-, but probably ultimately of Pre-Celtic substrate origin. Compare Aldo murgia.

### Noun

marga f (genitive margae); first declension
* (geology) marl

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* margila
** Old French: marle
*** French: marne
*** → Middle English: marle, marl, merle
**** English: marl
**** Scots: marl
**** Yola: maarl
**** → Irish: marla, márla (superseded)
***** → English: marla

### References

* “marga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* marga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, Volumes 109-110, p. 46
* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “marian”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
* An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Mergel

## Old Norse
### Adjective

marga
* inflection of margr:
** strong feminine accusative singular
** strong masculine accusative plural
** weak feminine nominative singular
** weak masculine accusative/dative/genitive singular
** weak neuter singular

### Noun

marga
* accusative/genitive plural of margr

## Oromo
### Noun

marga
* grass

### References

* Gamtaa, Xilaahun (2004) Galmee Afaan Oromo fi Afaan Ingilizii Barsiisuu - Comprehensive Oromo-English-Dictionary (COED), New York, USA: Karrayyuu Publishing, →ISBN, page 577

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmar.ɡa/
* Rhymes: -arɡa
* Syllabification: mar‧ga

### Verb

marga
* third-person singular present indicative of margać

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin marga, from Celtic/Gaulish.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmaʁ.ɡɐ/ [ˈmaɦ.ɡɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmaʁ.ɡɐ/ [ˈmaɦ.ɡɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈmaɾ.ɡɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈmaʁ.ɡɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈmaɻ.ɡa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmaɾ.ɡɐ/ [ˈmaɾ.ɣɐ]
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʁɡɐ, (Portugal) -aɾɡɐ
* Hyphenation: mar‧ga

### Noun

marga f (plural margas)
* (geology) marl (lime-rich mud)

#### Derived terms

* margar

### Further reading

* “marga”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “marga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin marga, from Celtic/Gaulish.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaɾɡa/ [ˈmaɾ.ɣ̞a]
* Rhymes: -aɾɡa
* Syllabification: mar‧ga

### Noun

marga f (plural margas)
* (geology) marl

#### Derived terms

* margoso
* marguera

### Further reading

* “marga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10