naga
Malay
/naɡə/, /naɡa/
noun
Definitions
- dragon mythical creature
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
- नाग Hindi
- naga Indonesian
- నాగకంకణుడు Telugu
- నాగనందిని Telugu
- నాగభూషణుడు Telugu
- నాగేంద్రుడు Telugu
- 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