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

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