नाग
Sanskrit
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Definitions
- a snake, especially
- a naga or serpent-demon
- name of the numbers 7 and 8
- a cruel man
- one of the 5 airs of the human body (which is expelled by eructation)
- (in singular, also collectively) an elephant
- (at the end of a compound) = the best or most excellent of any kind
- shark
- cloud
- name of several plants (, etc.)
- name of a serpent-demon
- name of a साध्य (साध्य)
- name of a teacher
- name of a dynasty of 9 or 10 princes
- name of several authors (also -śarman and -bhaṭṭa)
- name of several other men
- name of a mountain
- name of a district
- = दन्त (tr=dánta)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *nāgás inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nāgás derived from Proto-Indo-European *sneg- (crawl, a creeping thing), *negʷ- (naked, bare), *negʷ- (naked, bare).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*negʷ-
Gloss
naked, bare
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antisnake English
- blacksnake English
- bullsnake English
- flowsnake English
- hornsnake English
- kingsnake English
- mersnake English
- mudsnake English
- nag champa English
- naja English
- rattlesnake English
- snake English
- snake fear English
- snake vine English
- snakebelly English
- snakeberry English
- snakebird English
- snakebit English
- snakebite English
- snakebitten English
- snakedom English
- snakefish English
- snakefly English
- snakehead English
- snakehood English
- snakeless English
- snakelet English
- snakelike English
- snakeline English
- snakeling English
- snakemeat English
- snakemouth English
- snakeneck English
- snakeproof English
- snakeroot English
- snakeshead English
- snakeskin English
- snakess English
- snakestone English
- snakeweed English
- snakewhip English
- snakewise English
- snakewood English
- snakish English
- snaky English
- γυμνός Ancient Greek
- νεβρός Ancient Greek
- *negʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *sneg- Proto-Indo-European
- naja Portuguese
- *nakwadaz Proto-Germanic
- *nakwōną Proto-Germanic
- *snakô Proto-Germanic
- नागिन् Sanskrit
- snake Middle English
- नाग Hindi
- नागपुर Hindi
- นาค Thai
- naga Indonesian
- నాగకంకణుడు Telugu
- నాగనందిని Telugu
- నాగభూషణుడు Telugu
- నాగేంద్రుడు Telugu
- naga Malay
- နဂါး Burmese
- 那伽 Chinese
- nāga Pali
- nāgaloka Pali
- *nagnás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nāgás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- នាគ Central Khmer
- *nāgás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- ناگ Urdu
- snek Volapük
- snek Tok Pisin
- நாகம் Tamil
- neke Maori
- ನಾಗ Kannada
- sneki Sranan Tongo
- ᦓᦱᧅ Lü
- നാഗം Malayalam
- ناگ Kashmiri
- jinek Kriol
- نانگ Sindhi
- sneik Torres Strait Creole