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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit भग (bhága).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bʱəɡ/,
Noun
भग • (bhag) f (Urdu spelling بھگ)
- (anatomy) vulva
Declension
Declension of भग (fem cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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भग
bhag
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भगें
bhagẽ
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| oblique
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भग
bhag
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भगों
bhagõ
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| vocative
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भग
bhag
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भगो
bhago
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Derived terms
References
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- bhaga (Latin script)
- 𑀪𑀕 (Brahmi script)
- ভগ (Bengali script)
- භග (Sinhalese script)
- ဘဂ or ꧤၷ (Burmese script)
- ภค or ภะคะ (Thai script)
- ᨽᨣ (Tai Tham script)
- ຠຄ or ຠະຄະ (Lao script)
- ភគ (Khmer script)
- 𑄞𑄉 (Chakma script)
Noun
भग n
- Devanagari script form of bhaga
Declension
Declension table of "भग" (neuter)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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| Nominative (first) | भगं (bhagaṃ) | भगानि (bhagāni) |
| Accusative (second) | भगं (bhagaṃ) | भगानि (bhagāni) |
| Instrumental (third) | भगेन (bhagena) | भगेहि (bhagehi) or भगेभि (bhagebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | भगस्स (bhagassa) or भगाय (bhagāya) or भगत्थं (bhagatthaṃ) | भगानं (bhagānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | भगस्मा (bhagasmā) or भगम्हा (bhagamhā) or भगा (bhagā) | भगेहि (bhagehi) or भगेभि (bhagebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | भगस्स (bhagassa) | भगानं (bhagānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | भगस्मिं (bhagasmiṃ) or भगम्हि (bhagamhi) or भगे (bhage) | भगेसु (bhagesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | भग (bhaga) | भगानि (bhagāni) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ভগ (Assamese script)
- ᬪᬕ (Balinese script)
- ভগ (Bengali script)
- 𑰥𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀪𑀕 (Brahmi script)
- ဘဂ (Burmese script)
- ભગ (Gujarati script)
- ਭਗ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌭𑌗 (Grantha script)
- ꦨꦒ (Javanese script)
- 𑂦𑂏 (Kaithi script)
- ಭಗ (Kannada script)
- ភគ (Khmer script)
- ຠຄ (Lao script)
- ഭഗ (Malayalam script)
- ᢨᠠᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘥𑘐 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠾᠠᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧅𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐨𑐐 (Newa script)
- ଭଗ (Odia script)
- ꢩꢔ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆨𑆓 (Sharada script)
- 𑖥𑖐 (Siddham script)
- භග (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩳𑩞 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚡𑚌 (Takri script)
- ப⁴க³ (Tamil script)
- భగ (Telugu script)
- ภค (Thai script)
- བྷ་ག (Tibetan script)
- 𑒦𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨡𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰagás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰagás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-ó-s, from *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide, distribute”).
Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬖𐬀 (baγa, “god”), Old Persian 𐎲𐎥 (baga, “god”). Compare also Proto-Slavic *bogъ, an Iranian borrowing. The Sanskrit root is भज् (bhaj) .
Pronunciation
Noun
भग • (bhága) stem, m
- "dispenser", gracious lord, patron (applied to gods, especially to Savitṛ)
- Bhaga
- the sun
- mud (also bitumen)
- good fortune, happiness, welfare, prosperity
- dignity, majesty, distinction, excellence, beauty, loveliness
- love, affection, sexual passion, amorous pleasure, dalliance
- the female organs, pudendum muliebre, vulva
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “भग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0742.
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “भग”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 239-240