Sanskrit

Noun

नाग • ‎(nāgá) m

1. a snake, especially Coluber naga
2. a nāga or serpent-demon
3. name of the numbers 7 and 8
4. a cruel man
5. one of the 5 airs of the human body (which is expelled by eructation)
6. (in singular, also collectively) an elephant
7. (at the end of a compound) = the best or most excellent of any kind
8. shark
9. cloud
10. name of several plants (Mesua roxburghii, Rottlera tinctoria etc.)
11. name of a serpent-demon
12. name of a साध्य ‎(sādhya)
13. name of a teacher
14. name of a dynasty of 9 or 10 princes
15. name of several authors (also -śarman and -bhaṭṭa)
16. name of several other men
17. name of a mountain
18. name of a district
19. = दन्त ‎(-danta)

Declension

Descendants

• Burmese: နဂါး ‎(na.ga:)
• Chinese:
  • Mandarin: 那伽 ‎(nàjiā)
• English: nāga
• Hindi: नाग ‎(nāg)
• Oriya: ନାଗ ‎(nāga)
• Khmer: នាគ ‎(niek)
• Lü: ᦓᦱᧅ ‎(naak)
• Malay: naga
  • Indonesian: naga
• Sinhalese: නයා ‎(nayā)
• Telugu: నాగము ‎(nāgamu)
• Thai: นาค ‎(nâak)

Adjective

नाग • ‎(nāgá)

1. formed of snakes, relating to serpents or serpents-demons, snaky, serpentine, serpent-like
2. belonging to an elephant, elephantine (as urine)

Declension

Etymology 2

Probably a Semitic borrowing, ultimately from Sumerian 𒀭𒈾 ‎(anna). Compare Syriac ܐܢܟܐ ‎(ʾānḵāʾ, “tin”), Hebrew אנך ‎(anāx, “plumb, lead”) , Arabic آنك ‎(ānuk, “lead; tin”).

Noun

नाग • ‎(nāgá) n

1. tin, lead
2. a kind of talc
3. a kind of coitus
4. name of the 3rd invariable करण ‎(karaṇa)
5. name of the effects of that period on anything happening during it
6. name of a district of भारतवर्ष ‎(bhārata-varṣa)

Declension

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0532