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Agama
‖
Ag′a-ma
(ăg′ȧ-mȧ)
, Noun.
pl.
Agamas
(ăg′ȧ-mȧz)
. [From the Caribbean name of a species of lizard.]
(Zool.)
A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.
Definition 2025
Agama
Agama
See also: agama
Translingual
Agama sinaita
Proper noun
Agama f
Hypernyms
- (genus): Reptilia - class; Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Sauria - suborder; Iguania - infraorder; Agamidae - family; Agaminae - subfamily
agama
agama
See also: Agama
English
An agama
Noun
agama (plural agamas)
- Any of the various small, long-tailed lizards of the subfamily Agaminae, especially in genera Acanthocercus, Agama, Dendragama, Laudakia, Phrynocephalus, Trapelus and Xenagama.
Related terms
Translations
See also
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
agama
Declension
| Inflection of agama (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | agama | agamat | |
| genitive | agaman | agamien | |
| partitive | agamaa | agamia | |
| illative | agamaan | agamiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | agama | agamat | |
| accusative | nom. | agama | agamat |
| gen. | agaman | ||
| genitive | agaman | agamien agamainrare |
|
| partitive | agamaa | agamia | |
| inessive | agamassa | agamissa | |
| elative | agamasta | agamista | |
| illative | agamaan | agamiin | |
| adessive | agamalla | agamilla | |
| ablative | agamalta | agamilta | |
| allative | agamalle | agamille | |
| essive | agamana | agamina | |
| translative | agamaksi | agamiksi | |
| instructive | — | agamin | |
| abessive | agamatta | agamitta | |
| comitative | — | agamineen | |
Indonesian
Etymology
From Sanskrit आगम (āgama).
Noun
agama
- religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)
Usage notes
- agama Buddha (“Buddhism”)
- agama Hindu (“Hinduism”)
- agama Islam (“Islam”)
- agama Katolik (“Catholicism”)
- agama Kong Hu Cu (“Confucianism”)
- agama Kristen (“Christianity”)
Derived terms
- beragama
- keagamaan
Latin
Adjective
agama
- nominative feminine singular of agamus
- nominative neuter plural of agamus
- accusative neuter plural of agamus
- vocative feminine singular of agamus
- nominative neuter plural of agamus
agamā
- ablative feminine singular of agamus
Malay
Etymology
From Sanskrit आगम (āgama).
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /aɡamə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /aɡama/
- Rhymes: -amə, -mə, -ə
Noun
agama
- religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)
Usage notes
- agama Buddha (“Buddhism”)
- agama Hindu (“Hinduism”)
- agama Islam (“Islam”)
- agama Katolik (“Catholicism”)
- agama Kristian (“Christianity”)
Derived terms
- beragama
- keagamaan
Synonyms
- anutan
- din
- kepercayaan
Wauja
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɰa.ma/
Noun
Male marsh deer showing characteristic forked antlers, 2013. Both sexes also have dark legs and muzzle. Photo: Jonathan Wilkins.
Female marsh deer, Esteros del Iberá wetlands, Argentina, 2014. Photo: Leonel Baldoni.
agama
- marsh deer, Blastocerus dichotomus
References
- E. Ireland field notes, confirmed with Piitsa, Muri, and other elders (all experienced hunters) in 1982 using José Cândido de Melo Carvalho's Atlas da Fauna Brasileira, Edições Melhoramentos, São Paulo, 1981.