nāga

See also: naga, nagą, någå, Nāga, and Naga

English

Noun

nāga (plural nāgas)

  1. (scholarly) Alternative spelling of naga

Anagrams

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀦𑀸𑀕 (Brahmi script)
  • नाग (Devanagari script)
  • নাগ (Bengali script)
  • නාග (Sinhalese script)
  • နာဂ or ၼႃၷ (Burmese script)
  • นาค or นาคะ (Thai script)
  • ᨶᩣᨣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ນາຄ or ນາຄະ (Lao script)
  • នាគ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄚𑄂𑄉 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit नाग (nāga).

Noun

nāga m[1]

  1. serpent
  2. cobra
  3. naga, dragon
  4. elephant
    • 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)‎, page 88:
      11. අථ ඛො රාජා මාගධො අජාතසත‍්තු වෙදෙහිපුත‍්තො යාවතිකා නාගස‍්ස භූමි නාගෙන ගන‍්ත්‍වා නාගා පච‍්චොරොහිත්‍වා පත‍්තිකො ‘ව යෙන මණ‍්ඩලමාළස‍්ස ද‍්වාරං තෙනුපසඞ‍්කමි.
      11. atha kho rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto yāvatikā nāgassa bhūmi nāgena gantvā nāgā paccorohitvā pattiko ’va yena maṇḍalamāḷassa dvāraṃ tenupasaṅkami.
      11. And then indeed the king of Magadha, Ajatashatru, son of the woman from Videha, went by elephant as far as there was room for an elephant, then dismounted from the elephant, and then went on only on foot to where the door of the pavilion was.
  5. ironwood tree
  6. chief

Declension
Declension table of "nāga" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)nāgonāgā
Accusative (second)nāgaṃnāge
Instrumental (third)nāgenanāgehi or nāgebhi
Dative (fourth)nāgassa or nāgāya or nāgatthaṃnāgānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)nāgasmā or nāgamhā or nāgānāgehi or nāgebhi
Genitive (sixth)nāgassanāgānaṃ
Locative (seventh)nāgasmiṃ or nāgamhi or nāgenāgesu
Vocative (calling)nāganāgā

References
  1. Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 255.
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