Etymograph

English

naga

From an Australian Aboriginal language; cf.

Another origin of naga

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*negʷ-‘to be naked’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*nogʷós‘naked’uncertain
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEनागnāga‘serpent, snake’
  4. Englishtodaynaga

Borrowed from Sanskrit नाग (nāga, “serpent, snake”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (‘naked’) and cognate with naked.

Today it means

noun A loincloth.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “naga”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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