English Explanatory Dictionary

jaga

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To keep watch, to watch over.
noun
  1. A guard or watchman.
noun
  1. A member of a Hindu caste-based group of people who were traditionally genealogists.
  2. A member of a Muslim community in Uttar Pradesh, India, converts from the Hindu Jaga Bhatt caste.
noun
  1. A member of any of various unrelated tribes of African warriors who attacked the Portuguese around the kingdom of Kongo.

Pronunciation

/ˈd͡ʒaɡa/ [ˈd͡ʒa˧.ɡa(˦)]

Word forms

jaga Jagas

Etymology

From Malay jaga (“to awake; to watch over”).

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