noun
Meaning 1
A guard or watchman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Malaysia, Singapore
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Standard Lemma guide
jaga
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Pronunciation
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Singapore: /ˈd͡ʒaɡa/
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Singapore: [ˈd͡ʒa˧.ɡa(˦)]
noun
Meaning 2
A member of a Hindu caste-based group of people who were traditionally genealogists.
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noun
Meaning 3
A member of a Muslim community in Uttar Pradesh, India, converts from the Hindu Jaga Bhatt caste.
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noun
Meaning 4
A member of any of various unrelated tribes of African warriors who attacked the Portuguese around the kingdom of Kongo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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verb
Meaning 5
To keep watch, to watch over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Manglish, Singlish, invariable
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History
Etymology
From Malay jaga (“to awake; to watch over”).