agama

From Sranan Tongo agama (“lizard”), from a Gbe language; compare Ewe agama (“chameleon”).

agama (plural agamas)

1. Any of the various small, long-tailed lizards of the subfamily Agaminae of family Agamidae, especially in genera Acanthocercus, Agama, Dendragama, Laudakia, Phrynocephalus, Trapelus and Xenagama.

• agamid

• Agama on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• AAMGA

Borrowed from Old Javanese āgama, from Sanskrit आगम (āgama, “a traditional doctrine or precept”).

agama (Balinese script ᬆᬕᬫ)

1. religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)
2. customs
3. law

• “agama” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

• agamã

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• IPA^(key): /à.ɡà.mà/

àgàmà (definite singular àgàmà lá or àgàmàà, plural àgàmàwó, definite plural àgàmààwó)

1. chameleon

   Synonym: litsa

• Sranan Tongo: agama (likely)
  • → English: agama

• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “agama”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎^[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 157
• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “agama”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎^[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 37
• Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “agama”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 13

From Sranan Tongo agama.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑɡɑmɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ɡɑ̝mɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑɡɑmɑ
• Syllabification^(key): a‧ga‧ma
• Hyphenation^(key): aga‧ma

agama

1. agama

agama

1. crab

agama

1. agamic

From Malay agama, from Classical Malay اڬام (agama), from Sanskrit आगम (āgama, “a traditional doctrine or precept”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aˈɡama/ [aˈɡa.ma]

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• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: a‧ga‧ma

agama (plural agama-agama)

1. religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)

• “agama” 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.

From New Latin Agama, from Sranan Tongo agama (“lizard”), from a Gbe language; compare Ewe agama (“chameleon”).

agama f (plural agame)

1. agama

agama

1. romanization of ꦲꦒꦩ

agama

1. inflection of agamus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

agamā

1. ablative feminine singular of agamus

Borrowed from Malay agama, from Sanskrit आगम (āgama, “a traditional doctrine or precept”).

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈɡama/ [ʔʌˈɡa.mʌ]
• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: a‧ga‧ma

agama (Jawi spelling اݢام)

1. religion

• peragama
• agama Mesehi

From Sanskrit आगम (āgama, “a traditional doctrine or precept”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡama/, [a.ˈɡa.ma]
• Hyphenation: a‧ga‧ma

agama

1. religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)

   agama Isilàng, agama Sallang ― Isllamic religion

   agama Sarani, agama Karisteng ― Christian religion

• Cense, A. A. (1979) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

From Sanskrit आगम (āgama, “a traditional doctrine or precept”).

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /aˈɡamə/ [aˈɡa.mə]
  • Rhymes: -amə

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /aˈɡama/ [aˈɡa.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ama
• Hyphenation: a‧ga‧ma

agama (Jawi spelling اݢام, plural agama-agama)

1. religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)

• ugama (Brunei, Singapore)

• Indonesian: agama
• → Maguindanao: agama
• → Maranao: agama
• → Tausug: agama

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

From Malay agama, from Sanskrit आगम (āgama).

agama

1. religion

agama m (plural agamas)

1. agama (lizard of the subfamily Agaminae)

agama

1. cooking pot with a ring

agama

1. religion

From a Gbe language; compare Ewe agama (“chameleon”).

• IPA^(key): /aɡama/, [a̠ɡa̠ma̠], [ɑ̟ɡɑ̟mɑ̟]

agama

1. any of several small iguana species

• IPA^(key): /aˈɰa.ma/

agama

1. marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)

• E. Ireland field notes, confirmed with Piitsa, Muri, and other elders (all experienced hunters) in 1982 using José Cândido de Melo Carvalho's Atlas da Fauna Brasileira, Edições Melhoramentos, São Paulo, 1981.