# raga
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit राग (rāga, “dye, colour”).

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɑːɡə

### Noun

raga (countable and uncountable, plural ragas)
* (countable, music) Any of various melodic forms used in Indian classical music, or a piece of music composed in such a form.
    Coordinate term: ragini
** 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 72:‘The song is composed in a raga appropriate to the present hour, which is the evening.’
* (uncountable) Passion, love, lust.
** 2009, Jennifer Schwamm Willis, The Joy of Yoga, →ISBN:The conditions of asmita, raga, dvesha, and abhinivesha have a physical basis: they function to inhibit the normal pulsatory rhythms of the physical body.
** 2009, Swami Ambikananda Saraswati, Healing Yoga, →ISBN, page 18:We get tired of the slipping and sliding between raga and dvesha and we seek something more permanent - so instead of looking outward we begin to look inward. This is Yoga - the heart of Yoga.
** 2010, Chogyam Trungpa, The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa, →ISBN:In order to increase security, desire (raga, trishna, lobha) appears in all its forms, and one accumulates more and more of that which establishes one's position in samsara.
** 2012, Swami Rama, Sadhana: The Path to Enlightenment, →ISBN, page 80:Raga and dvesha, attachment and hatred, are two sides of the same coin.

#### Derived terms

* raga rock

#### Translations
### Further reading

* raga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* raag, agar, agra, Agra, Agar, Gara

## Balinese
### Romanization

raga
* Romanization of ᬭᬕ
* Romanization of ᬭᬵᬕ

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈraɡa/ [ˈra.ɡa]
* Rhymes: -aɡa
* Syllabification: ra‧ga

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay raga, from Classical Malay raga (“body”), from Javanese ꦫꦒ (raga), from Old Javanese rāga (“body, lust”), from Pali राग (rāga, “attachment, lust”), from Sanskrit राग (rāga, “passion, desire”). Doublet of ragi and ragam.

#### Noun

raga (plural raga-raga)
* body; physique
    Synonyms: jasmani, fisik, badan, tubuh
    jiwa raga; jiwa dan raga ― body and soul

##### Derived terms

* beraga
* diperagakan
* diraga
* diragakan
* keragaan
* memperagakan
* meraga
* meragakan
* pemeraga
* pemeragaan
* peraga
* peragaan

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay raga (“basket”), from Old Javanese raga (“woven basket, wicker basket”).

#### Noun

raga (plural raga-raga)
* basket

##### Derived terms

* meraga

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Malay raga (“rattan ball”)

#### Noun

raga (plural raga-raga)
* rattan ball (for sports)

### Etymology 4

From Dayak

#### Noun

raga (plural raga-raga)
* meat cut

### Further reading

* “raga” 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.

## Iriga Bicolano
### Noun

ragâ
* soil; earth
* land

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ˈɾˠɑɡə/

### 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)
* worthless person or thing
* worthlessness, dissipation

##### Derived terms

* dul chun raga (“to go to the bad”)

### Etymology 2

From English raga, from Sanskrit राग (rāga).

#### Noun

raga m (genitive singular raga, nominative plural ragaí)
* (music) raga

### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
raga
ragaí
vocative
a raga
a ragaí
genitive
raga
ragaí
dative
raga
ragaí
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an raga
na ragaí
genitive
an raga
na ragaí
dative
leis an raga don raga
leis na ragaí :

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 184, page 92

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “raga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* “raga”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈra.ɡa/
* Rhymes: -aɡa
* Hyphenation: rà‧ga

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit राग (rāga, “dye, colour/color”).

#### Noun

raga f (invariable)
* (music) raga (melodic mode used in Indian classical music)

### Etymology 2

Clipping of ragazzi (“guys”) or ragazze (“girls”).

#### Alternative forms

* ragà

#### Noun

raga m pl (plural only)
* (colloquial) a form of address for a group of persons of either gender; guys
    Ehi raga, andiamo in spiaggia oggi? ― Hey guys, wanna go to the beach today?

### Etymology 3

Clipping of ragamuffin (“ragga”)

#### Noun

raga m (uncountable)
* (music) ragga

### Further reading

* raga in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

### Anagrams

* Agar, agra, gara

## Javanese
### Romanization

raga
* Romanization of ꦫꦒ

## Latvian
### Noun

raga m
* genitive singular of rags

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Unknown, probably inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laja (“to plait, weave by hand, of baskets or mats”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ra.ɡa/
* Rhymes: -ɡa
* Homophone: rāga
* Hyphenation: ra‧ga

### Noun

raga
* woven basket, wicker basket

#### Derived terms

* raga-raga

#### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦫꦒ (raga) (inherited)
* → Malay: raga
** > Indonesian: raga (inherited)

### Further reading

* "raga" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Old Norse
### Alternative forms

* arga — without metathesis

### Adjective

raga
* strong feminine accusative singular of ragr
* strong masculine accusative plural of ragr
* weak masculine oblique singular of ragr
* weak feminine nominative singular of ragr
* weak neuter singular of ragr

## Rwanda-Rundi
### Verb

-raga (infinitive kuraga, perfective -raze)
* bequeath, give an inheritance

#### Derived terms

* umurage (Rwanda) / iragi (Rundi)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /râɡa/
* Hyphenation: ra‧ga

### Noun

rȁga f (Cyrillic spelling ра̏га)
* old horse, nag

#### Declension
## Southern Ndebele
### Verb

-raga$^?$
* to drive (cattle)

#### Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

raga class IX (plural raga class X)
* rugby (a sport where players can hold or kick an ovoid ball)

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɾa.ɡa]

### Verb

raga
* (intransitive) to open the hand

#### Conjugation
### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh