jaga
/ˈd͡ʒaɡa/verb, noun
jaga is spelled J-A-G-A: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, jaga means “To keep watch, to watch over” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in jaga?
| Letters | 4: J-A-G-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 100,430th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is jaga?
Jaga appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce jaga?
- /ˈd͡ʒaɡa/
- [ˈd͡ʒa˧.ɡa(˦)]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with jaga?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as jaga.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gaja.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does jaga mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To keep watch, to watch over.
noun
- 1
A guard or watchman.
noun
- 1
A member of a Hindu caste-based group of people who were traditionally genealogists.
- 2
A member of a Muslim community in Uttar Pradesh, India, converts from the Hindu Jaga Bhatt caste.
- 3
A member of any of various unrelated tribes of African warriors who attacked the Portuguese around the kingdom of Kongo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does jaga come from?
From Malay jaga (“to awake; to watch over”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).