marga.
wild animal
Meaning & usage
wild animal
surname; family name
clan
clan specifically, the marga, Batak clan
the subdivision in South Sumatra, located above villages and below districts (kecamatan)
genus, a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank
way, road, route, path
Direktorat Jenderal Bina Marga
Jasa Marga
Where this word comes from
* 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 Batak marga (“clan”), came from above. ** The sense of hamlet is a semantic loan from Musi marga (“hamlet”), came from above. ** The sense of road is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦩꦂꦒ (marga, “road”), came from above. ** The sense of genus is a semantic loan from Dutch geslacht (“genus”, literally “lineage”). Compare to Chinese 屬／属.
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