agama
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Sranan Tongo agama (“lizard”), from a Gbe language; compare Ewe agama (“chameleon”).
=== Noun ===
agama (plural agamas)
Any of the various small, long-tailed lizards of the subfamily Agaminae of family Agamidae, especially in genera Acanthocercus, Agama, Dendragama, Laudakia, Phrynocephalus, Trapelus and Xenagama.
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
agamid
==== Translations ====
=== See also ===
Agama on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
=== Anagrams ===
AAMGA
== Balinese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Old Javanese āgama, from Sanskrit आगम (āgama, “a traditional doctrine or precept”).
=== Noun ===
agama (Balinese script ᬆᬕᬫ)
religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)
customs
law
=== Further reading ===
“agama”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].
== Ewe ==
=== Alternative forms ===
agamã
=== Etymology ===
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=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /à.ɡà.mà/
=== Noun ===
àgàmà (definite singular àgàmà lá or àgàmàà, plural àgàmàwó, definite plural àgàmààwó)
chameleon
Synonym: litsa
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Sranan Tongo: agama (likely)
→ English: agama
=== References ===
Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905), “agama”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language][1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 157
Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906), “agama”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language][2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 37
Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N.; Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017), “agama”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 13
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Sranan Tongo agama.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɑɡɑmɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ɡɑ̝mɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ɑɡɑmɑ
Syllabification(key): a‧ga‧ma
Hyphenation(key): aga‧ma
=== Noun ===
agama
agama
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
== Ibanag ==
=== Noun ===
agama
crab
== Ido ==
=== Adjective ===
agama
agamic
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Malay agama, from Classical Malay اڬام (agama), from Sanskrit आगम (āgama, “a traditional doctrine or precept”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /aˈɡama/ [aˈɡa.ma]
Rhymes: -ama
Syllabification: a‧ga‧ma
=== Noun ===
agama (plural agama-agama)
religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“agama”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
From New Latin Agama, from Sranan Tongo agama (“lizard”), from a Gbe language; compare Ewe agama (“chameleon”).
=== Noun ===
agama f (plural agame)
agama
== Javanese ==
=== Romanization ===
agama
romanization of ꦲꦒꦩ
== Latin ==
=== Adjective ===
agama
inflection of agamus:
nominative/vocative feminine singular
nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
=== Adjective ===
agamā
ablative feminine singular of agamus
== Maguindanao ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Malay agama, from Sanskrit आगम (āgama, “a traditional doctrine or precept”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Maguindanaon) IPA(key): /ʔaˈɡama/ [ʔʌˈɡa.mʌ]
Rhymes: -ama
Syllabification: a‧ga‧ma
=== Noun ===
agama (Jawi spelling اݢام)
religion
==== Derived terms ====
peragama
agama Mesehi
== Makasar ==
=== Etymology ===
From Sanskrit आगम (āgama, “a traditional doctrine or precept”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /aˈɡama/, [a.ˈɡa.ma]
Hyphenation: a‧ga‧ma
=== Noun ===
agama
religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)
agama Isilàng, agama Sallang ― Isllamic religion
agama Sarani, agama Karisteng ― Christian religion
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
== Malay ==
=== Etymology ===
From Sanskrit आगम (āgama, “a traditional doctrine or precept”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(schwa-variety) IPA(key): /aˈɡamə/ [aˈɡa.mə]
Rhymes: -amə
(Baku) IPA(key): /aˈɡama/ [aˈɡa.ma]
Rhymes: -ama
Hyphenation: a‧ga‧ma
=== Noun ===
agama (Jawi spelling اݢام, plural agama-agama or agama2)
religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)
==== Alternative forms ====
ugama (Brunei, Singapore)
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Indonesian: agama
→ Maguindanao: agama
→ Maranao: agama
→ Tausug: agama
=== Further reading ===
"agama" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
== Maranao ==
=== Etymology ===
From Malay agama, from Sanskrit आगम (āgama).
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
agama
religion
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
agama m (plural agamas)
agama (lizard of the subfamily Agaminae)
=== Further reading ===
“agama”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
== Rukai ==
=== Noun ===
agama
cooking pot with a ring
== Sangir ==
=== Noun ===
agama
religion
== Sranan Tongo ==
=== Etymology ===
From a Gbe language; compare Ewe agama (“chameleon”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /aɡama/, [a̠ɡa̠ma̠], [ɑ̟ɡɑ̟mɑ̟]
=== Noun ===
agama
any of several small iguana species
== Wauja ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /aˈɰa.ma/
=== Noun ===
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.