జాగా

See also: జాగు and జిగి

Telugu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian (jāygāh), (jāgah), from (jā), (jāy, “place”) + (-gāh, “location suffix”).

Noun

జాగా • (jāgā) ? (plural జాగాలు)

place, area (particularly Telangana)
Synonyms: స్థలము (sthalamu), చోటు (cōṭu), ఎడము (eḍamu), ప్రాంతము (prāntamu), ప్రదేశము (pradēśamu)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit जगत् (jagat).

Adjective

జాగా • (jāgā)

great
Synonym: గొప్ప (goppa)

References

"జాగా" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 479
జాగా at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)

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