नाग
Hindi
noun
Definitions
- male serpent
- (specifically) the Indian cobra, Naja naja
- (Hinduism) naga
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit नाग (snake, serpent, large snake, cobra, elephant, cruel man).
Origin
Sanskrit
नाग
Gloss
snake, serpent, large snake, cobra, elephant, cruel man
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
蛇
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nag champa English
- naja English
- *sneg- Proto-Indo-European
- naja Portuguese
- नाग Sanskrit
- नागिन् Sanskrit
- Nag River or naga Hindi
- नागपुर Hindi
- पुर Hindi
- నాగకంకణుడు Telugu
- నాగనందిని Telugu
- నాగభూషణుడు Telugu
- నాగేంద్రుడు Telugu
- naga Malay
- 那伽 Chinese
- nāga Pali
- នាគ Central Khmer
- *nāgás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- ناگ Urdu
- நாகம் Tamil
- ನಾಗ Kannada
- ᦓᦱᧅ Lü
- നാഗം Malayalam
- ناگ Kashmiri
- نانگ Sindhi