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marga

Pronunciation: /ˈmarɡa/

“marga” is an Indonesian word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. wild animal
  2. surname; family name
  3. clan
  4. specifically, the marga, Batak clan
  5. the subdivision in South Sumatra, located above villages and below districts (kecamatan)
  6. genus, a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank
  7. way, road, route, path

Etymology

* Ultimately from Pali magga (“oath; road”) and Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga, “reach, range; mark, scar; track of a wild animal”), vṛddhi derivative of मृग (mṛga, “game animal; deer”). ** Inherited from Malay marga (“wild animal”), from Classical Malay marga, from Old Malay margga (“track, way”) (as in Talang Tuwo inscription (684 CE)), came from above. ** The sense of clan is a semantic loan from Toba…

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