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Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑁄𑀳𑀕𑁆𑀕 (sohagga), from Sanskrit सौभाग्य (saubhāgya).[1] First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi سُہاگ (shag) / سُوہاگ (svhag).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
سُہاگ • (suhāg) m (Hindi spelling सुहाग)
- wifehood (ie. wedlock; marriage; wedding – period of being married)
- (by extension) ornaments and things which are worn in the state of being married.
- consummation
- (by extension)
- auspiciousness; good fortune
- happiness; affection; love
- beauty
- pride; honour
Declension
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singular
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plural
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سُہاگ (suhāg)
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سُہاگ (suhāg)
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| oblique
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سُہاگ (suhāg)
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سُہاگوں (suhāgõ)
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| vocative
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سُہاگ (suhāg)
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سُہاگو (suhāgo)
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References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “saúbhāgya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- ^ “سہاگ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Further reading
More information
- “سہاگ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سہاگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “سہاگ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “سـﮩـاگ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 800
- John Shakespear (1834) “سہاگ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC