naga

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑːɡə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɡə
• Hyphenation: na‧ga

From an Australian Aboriginal language; cf. Wulna nākā (“dress, covering”)^[1]

naga (plural nagas)

1. (Australia) A loincloth.
   • 1926 October 30, The Sydney Morning Herald:

     Boys and many of the men wear the naga, akin to bathing trunks […]

   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter II, in Capricornia, page 22:

     […] a young lubra wearing nothing but a naga of paper-bark rose and came forward shyly.

   • 2006, Message Stick, ABC1, Friday, 30 June, 2006

     PAUL RUNDLE: Backstage, they were just asking us, "Where are you from," and all that. And they were touching us and all that there, and I was just there with my little naga and, yeah. And plus we had no ochre, so we had to use sunscreen.

   • 2008, Derrick Tomlinson, "Too white to be regarded as Aborigines: An historical analysis of policies for the protection of Aborigines and the assimilation of Aborigines of mixed descent, and the role of Chief Protectors of Aborigines in the formulation and implementation of those policies, in Western Australia from 1898 to 1940" (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)). University of Notre Dame Australia.

     They doesn’t dress like people doing the Law this time, walking in shirt and tie, they used to have naga and really truly paint up, real tribal way, you know?

Borrowed from Sanskrit नाग (nāga, “serpent, snake”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked”) and cognate with naked.

• nāga, Nāga

naga (plural nagas)

1. (Indian mythology) A member of a class of semi-divine creatures, often taking the form of a very large snake and associated with water.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 257:

     The five-coned towers form a quincunx, and their flanks are scooped into niches in each of which has been placed a smiling buddha shaded by a nine-headed naga like a big palm fan.

• Agan, GNAA

Borrowed from Old Javanese nāga, from Sanskrit नाग (nāga, “naga”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked”).

• IPA^(key): /na.ɡə/
• Rhymes: -aɡə
• Hyphenation: na‧ga

naga (Balinese script ᬦᬵᬕ)

1. naga

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

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋaRaq

• IPA^(key): /naˈɡaʔ/ [n̪aˈɡaʔ]
• Hyphenation: na‧ga

nagâ (Basahan spelling ᜈᜄ)

1. wild duck

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaɡa/ [ˈn̪a.ɡa]
• Hyphenation: na‧ga

nága (Basahan spelling ᜈᜄ)

1. (archaic) the narra tree (Pterocarpus indicus)

   Synonym: nara

• Hyphenation: na‧ga
• IPA^(key): /ˈnaɡa/ [ˈn̪a.ɡɐ]

naga (plural kanagahan)

1. the narra tree (Pterocarpus indicus)
2. the wood from this tree

• nara

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naga

1. inflection of nagaan:
   1. first-person singular dependent-clause present indicative
   2. (dated or formal) singular dependent-clause present subjunctive

• gaan, ga na

Borrowed from Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “large snake”).

• IPA^(key): /naɡa/

naga

1. dragon (mythical creature)

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːɣa/
• Rhymes: -aːɣa

naga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative nagaði, supine nagað)

1. to gnaw [with accusative]

• naga sig í handarbökin

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.ɡa/, [ˈna.ɡa]

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• Rhymes: -ɡa, -a
• Hyphenation: na‧ga

Inherited from Malay naga, from Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “large snake”).

naga (plural naga-naga)

1. (literal) naga: a member of a class of semi-divine creatures, often taking the form of a very large snake and associated with water
2. dragon
   2. A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature. (mythical creature)
      1. In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.
      2. In Eastern Asian mythologies, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent.
   3. An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance.
   4. The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.
   5. (figurative) Something very formidable or dangerous.
3. (figurative) a term referring to a group of influential Chinese businessmen in Indonesia, especially those with close ties to the New Order government, and often associated with great economic and political power, although the group's membership has never been officially confirmed

• sekuik

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

naga (plural naga-naga)

1. black marks on the body since birth and have an influence on a person's life path

Borrowed from Balinese [Term?].

naga (plural naga-naga)

1. (dialect: Bali) calculation of the number of good rafters for doors

• “naga” 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.

Borrowed from Sanskrit नाग (nāga, “snake”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Hyphenation: nà‧ga

naga m (invariable)

1. (Buddhist art) a representation of a human torso with a serpentine body

• naga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

naga

1. romanization of ꦤꦒ

• IPA^(key): [ˈnaːɡa]

naga

1. jackfruit

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “naga”, in Lamboya word list‎^[1], Leiden: LexiRumah

naga m

1. genitive singular of nags

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaɡa/

naga

1. feminine nominative singular of nagi

naga

1. part; piece

Borrowed from Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “large snake”).

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /naɡə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /naɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡə, -ɡə, -ə
• Rhymes: -a

naga (Jawi spelling ناݢ, plural naga-naga)

1. dragon (mythical creature)

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

Borrowed from Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “large snake”).

naga

1. dragon

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Cognates include Minica Huitoto naga and Nüpode Huitoto naga.

• IPA^(key): [ˈnaɡa]
• Hyphenation: na‧ga

naga

1. each, every

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 154
• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[3] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 184

From na- +‎ ga.

• IPA^(key): /naɣa/

naga

1. Determinate form of ga (“kava”)

• François, Alexandre. 2025. Online Mwotlap–English–French cultural dictionary. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. (Pdf version) – entry ga.

• IPA^(key): /nɑːˈɡɑː/

naga (Arabic spelling ناگا)

1. alternative form of niha (“now”)

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “naga”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 52

naga

1. land, country

Borrowed from Sanskrit नग (naga, “mountain”).

• IPA^(key): /na.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɡa
• Homophone: nāga
• Hyphenation: na‧ga

naga

1. mountain

   Synonyms: acala, adri, arga, giri, gotra, gunuṅ, meru, naga, pārśwa, parwata, śaila, śikha, wukir

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: na‧ga

naga

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of nagi

• Hyphenation: na‧ga

naga f (plural nagas)

1. (Indian mythology) naga (semi-divine creature taking the form of a giant snake)

• naja

naga class IX (plural naga class X)

1. rugby

   Synonym: gori

Ultimately from Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “large snake”). Compare Kapampangan naga, Maranao naga, and Malay naga.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈnaɡa/ [ˈn̪aː.ɣɐ]
    • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • IPA^(key): /ˈnaɡaʔ/ [ˈn̪aː.ɣɐʔ] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: na‧ga

naga (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜄ)

1. dragon

   Synonym: dragon

2. figurehead on the prow of ships

   Synonym: gandawari

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *naʀah. Doublet of nara.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnaɡa/ [ˈn̪aː.ɣɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: na‧ga

naga (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜄ)

1. a species of narra

• “naga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[4] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[5] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[6], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 129: “Cabeça) Naga (pp) de ſierpe en [la proa] del navio”

• anga, gana, gaan

Ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “large snake”).

naga

1. dragon