naga

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A loincloth. Australia
    — Boys and many of the men wear the naga, akin to bathing trunks […]
  2. A member of a class of semi-divine creatures, often taking the form of a very large snake and associated with water.
    — The five-coned towers form a quincunx, and their flanks are scooped into niches in each of which has been placed a smiling buddha shaded by a nine-headed naga like a big palm fan.
  3. A fictional creature with the lower body of a snake, and an upper body either of an anthropomorphic version thereof, or of a human or another humanoid creature. The serpentine equivalent of a taur. slang
    — Coordinate term: lamia

词形变化

nagas plural nagas plural nāga alternative Nāga alternative

词源

词源 1
From an Australian Aboriginal language; cf. Wulna nākā (“dress, covering”)
词源 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit नाग (nāga, “serpent, snake”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked”) and cognate with naked.
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