那伽

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (那伽)		那	伽

Etymology

From Sanskrit नाग (nāga, “serpent, snake”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nàgā, nàjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ ㄍㄚ, ㄋㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naa⁵ gaa¹ / naa⁶ gaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nàgā
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ ㄍㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nàga
    • Wade–Giles: na⁴-ka¹
    • Yale: nà-gā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nahga
    • Palladius: нага (naga)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä⁵¹ kä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nàjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nàjia
    • Wade–Giles: na⁴-chia¹
    • Yale: nà-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nahjia
    • Palladius: нацзя (naczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naa⁵ gaa¹ / naa⁶ gaa¹
    • Yale: náh gā / nah gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naa⁵ gaa¹ / naa⁶ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: na⁵ ga¹ / na⁶ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naː¹³ kaː⁵⁵/, /naː²² kaː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: na gja

Rime
Character	那	伽
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	戈 (96)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	諾何切	求迦切
Baxter	na	gja
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nɑ/	/ɡɨɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/nɑ/	/ɡiɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/nɑ/	/ɡiɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/na/	/gɨa/
Li Rong	/nɑ/	/ɡiɑ/
Wang Li	/nɑ/	/ɡǐɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nɑ/	/gi̯ɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nuó	qié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	no4	ke4

Noun

那伽

1. naga.