# rasa
## English
### Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit रस (rasa, literally “juice; essence”). Doublet of rasam.

### Noun

rasa (plural rasas)
* An essential mental state; the dominant emotional theme of a work.

#### Derived terms

* rasabox
* rasic

### See also

* tabula rasa (etymologically unrelated)

### Anagrams

* AARs, ARSA, ASAR, Aras, SAAR, Saar, Sara, aras, asar

## Balinese
### Romanization

rasa
* Romanization of ᬭᬲ
* Romanization of ᬭᬵᬲ
* Romanization of ᬭᬵᬣ

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish raza.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ra‧sa
* IPA: /ˈɾasa/ [ˈɾa.sa]

### Noun

rása
* race
    Synonym: lahi

## Catalan
### Etymology

From ras (“smooth”) +‎ -a, from Latin rāsus (“cropped, shorn”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈra.zə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈra.za]

### Noun

rasa f (plural rases)
* (construction) trench
* ditch
    Synonym: escorranc

### Further reading

* “rasa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس (raʔs, “head”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrasa]
* Rhymes: -asa

### Noun

rasa f (relational adjective rasový)
* race (group of people)

#### Related terms

* rasismus
* rasista
* rasistický

### Further reading

* “rasa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “rasa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “rasa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From ras- (“race”) +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrasa]
* Rhymes: -asa
* Hyphenation: ra‧sa

### Adjective

rasa (accusative singular rasan, plural rasaj, accusative plural rasajn)
* racial

#### Related terms

* rase (“racially”)

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

rasa
* third-person singular past historic of raser

### Anagrams

* aras, Sara

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay rasa, from Pali rasa, from Sanskrit रस (rasa). Cognate with Thai รส (rót), Lao ລົດ (lot), Lü ᦷᦟᧆ (lod) or ᦷᦟᧆᦉ (lodṡ), Burmese ရသ (ra.sa.), Khmer រស (rŭəh). Doublet of raksa, raksi, and resi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈra.sa/
* Hyphenation: ra‧sa
* Rhymes: -sa, -a

### Noun

rasa (plural rasa-rasa)
* taste
* feeling

#### Derived terms

* berasa
* berperasaan
* memperasakan
* merasa
* merasa-rasai
* merasai
* merasakan
* perasa
* perasaan
* rasa-rasanya
* rasanya
* serasa
* terasa
* terasakan

### Further reading

* “rasa” 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.

## Italian
### Adjective

rasa f sg
* feminine singular of raso

### Verb

rasa
* inflection of rasare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* Arsa, Sara, arsa, sarà

## Javanese
### Romanization

rasa
* Romanization of ꦫꦱ.

## Latin
### Participle

rāsa
* inflection of rāsus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Participle

rāsā
* ablative feminine singular of rāsus

## Latvian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rasā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁róseh₂. Cognates include Sanskrit रस (rása, “juice, liquid”), रसा (rásā, “moisture, humidity”), Latin rōs, Russian роса́ (rosá).

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

rasa f (4th declension)
* dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants in the morning)
    rīta rasa ― morning dew
    rasas lāses ― dew drops
    sasalusi rasa ― frozen dew
    samērcēt kājas rasā ― to soak one's feet in dew
* very light rain, drizzle
    viegla rasas migla nokārās pār visu ciemu ― a light drizzle lowered its mist over the whole village
* tiny, dew-like drops
    pierē drīz jau iemetās pirmā sviedru rasa ― on (his) forehead the first drops of sweat will soon appear

#### Derived terms

* rasains

### References

* ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “rasa”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rasā́ˀ (“dew”).

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

rasà f (plural rãsos) stress pattern 4
* dew

#### Declension
## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rasa/
* Audio (Malaysia, Johor-Riau):(file)
** (Johor-Riau) *IPA: [rasə]
** Audio (Malaysia, Johor-Riau)):(file)
* Rhymes: -sa, -a

### Etymology 1

From Sanskrit रस (rasa) or Pali rasa. Cognate with Thai รส (rót), Lao ລົດ (lot), Lü ᦷᦟᧆ (lod) or ᦷᦟᧆᦉ (lodṡ), Burmese ရသ (ra.sa.), Khmer រស (rŭəh).

#### Noun

rasa (Jawi spelling راس, plural rasa-rasa, informal 1st possessive rasaku, 2nd possessive rasamu, 3rd possessive rasanya)
* taste, flavour
    rasa manis ― sweet taste
* perception, sensation, feeling
    rasa panas ― hot feeling
* view, opinion, viewpoint
    Synonyms: fikiran, pendapat
    pada rasa saya ― in my opinion

#### Verb

rasa (Jawi spelling راس)
* to think, to reckon, to feel
    Synonyms: fikir, agak, anggap
    Aku rasa bukan tu yang kaumaksudkan.I think that's not what you meant.

#### Derived terms

* berasa
* berperasa
* berperasaan
* merasa
* merasa-rasa
* merasa-rasai
* merasai
* merasakan
* perasa
* perasaan
* terasa

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: rasa

### Etymology 2

See raksa.

#### Noun

rasa (plural rasa-rasa, informal 1st possessive rasaku, 2nd possessive rasamu, 3rd possessive rasanya)
* Alternative form of raksa (“quicksilver”)

### Further reading

* “rasa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* rasene

### Noun

rasa n
* definite plural of ras

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

rasa n
* definite plural of ras

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse rasa.

#### Verb

rasa (present tense rasar, past tense rasa, past participle rasa, passive infinitive rasast, present participle rasande, imperative rasa/ras)
* alternative form of rase

### References

* “rasa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रस (rasa).

### Noun

rasa
* sap, juice; taste, flavour
* feeling, opinion, intention
* content, substance, meaning
* mercury

#### Derived terms

* ararasan
* arasa
* arasa-rasa
* aṅrasa
* aṅrasani
* aṅrase
* karasa
* marasa
* paṅrasa
* rasa-rasa
* rinasa-rasa
* rinasa-rasan
* rinasan
* rumasa
* rumasa-rasa
* rumasa-rasani

#### Descendants

* Javanese: ꦫꦱ (rasa)
* → Balinese: ᬭᬲ, ᬭᬲ (rasa, “taste”); ᬭᬵᬣ (rasa, “love”)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀭𑀲 (Brahmi script)
* रस (Devanagari script)
* রস (Bengali script)
* රස (Sinhalese script)
* ရသ (Burmese script)
* รส or ระสะ (Thai script)
* ᩁᩈ (Tai Tham script)
* ຣສ or ຣະສະ (Lao script)
* រស (Khmer script)
* 𑄢𑄥 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit रस (rása).

### Noun

rasa m
* taste, flavor
* juice
* mercury

#### Descendants

* → Burmese: ရသ (ra.sa.) (learned)
* → Khmer: រស (rŭəh) (learned)
* → Lao: ລົດ (lot, “flavour”) (learned)
* → Lü: ᦷᦟᧆ (lod) (learned)
* → Malay: rasa (learned)
** Indonesian: rasa
* → Thai: รส (rót) (learned)

### Further reading

* Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli Language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس (raʔs, “head”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈra.sa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -asa
* Syllabification: ra‧sa

### Noun

rasa f
* race (group of people)
* breed, race; group of animals with well-defined inherited characteristics

#### Derived terms

* nierasowy
* rasista
* rasizm
* rasowy

### Further reading

* rasa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* rasa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁa.zɐ/ [ˈha.zɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁa.zɐ/ [ˈha.zɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʁa.zɐ/ [ˈχa.zɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁa.za/ [ˈha.za]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁa.zɐ/
* Hyphenation: ra‧sa
* Rhymes: -azɐ

### Adjective

rasa
* feminine singular of raso

## Rwanda-Rundi
### Verb

-rása (infinitive kurása, perfective -ráshe)
* to shoot (with a weapon)
* (of the sun) to rise

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس (raʔs, “head”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /râsa/
* Hyphenation: ra‧sa

### Noun

rȁsa f (Cyrillic spelling ра̏са)
* race (group of people)

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس (raʔs, “head”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ràːsa/

### Noun

rása f
* race (a large group of people set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage)

#### Inflection
## Spanish
### Adjective

rasa
* feminine singular of raso

### Verb

rasa
* inflection of rasar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse rasa.

### Verb

rasa (present rasar, preterite rasade, supine rasat, imperative rasa)
* (often with ihop, samman, in, or ner) to collapse
    Muren rasadeThe wall collapsed
    Huset rasade sammanThe house collapsed
    Taket rasade inThe ceiling fell in
    Livet rasade sammanHis life fell apart (figuratively)
* to violently fall, to plummet
    Traktorn rasade nedför släntenThe tractor fell down the slope
    Priserna rasadePrices plummeted
* to rage (of a storm or the like)
    Stormen rasarThe storm rages
* to express strong anger, to rage
    De rasade mot förslagetThey railed ("raged") against the proposal
* (dated) to play wildly

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Related terms

* ras
* rasera

### References

* rasa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* rasa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* rasa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* Sara, asar

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish raza.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈɾasa/ [ˈɾaː.sɐ]
* Rhymes: -asa
* Syllabification: ra‧sa

### Noun

rasa (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜐ)
* race (people of the same ancestry)
    Synonym: lahi
* breed; stock
    Synonyms: lipi, kasta

### Anagrams

* asar, aras, sara

## Venetan
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin rēsīna.

### Noun

rasa f (plural rase)
* resin, viscous secretion of conifers
* (figuratively) intrigue, scheme

### Further reading

* Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “rasa”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 553