वर्ग

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वर्ग (varga).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋəɾɡ/,
• Hyphenation: वर्ग
• Rhymes: -əɾɡ

Noun

वर्ग • (varg) m (Urdu spelling ورگ)

1. category, group, set

   लड़को के वर्ग में हमें खितब मिली।

   laṛko ke varg mẽ hamẽ khitab milī.

   We won a prize in the boys category.

   1. (phonetics) a set of consonants sharing the same place of articulation

      इस वर्ग में कौनसे व्यंजन हैं?

      is varg mẽ kaunse vyañjan ha͠i?

      Which consonants are in this category?

   2. section, division

      वर्ग अ ― varg a ― section A

   3. class (a social division based on economic or societal status)

      उच्च वर्ग ― ucc varg ― upper class

      सर्वहारा वर्ग ― sarvahārā varg ― working class; proletariat

2. (geometry) a square
   1. square (an open space in town, not necessarily square in shape)
3. (mathematics) square

   ९ का वर्ग ८१ है। ― 9 kā varg 81 hai. ― 9 squared is 81.

4. (taxonomy) class

Declension

Related terms

• (Taxonomy) वर्गिकी (vargikī); प्रक्षेत्र (prakṣetra), अधिजगत (adhijgat, “domain”), जगत (jagat, “kingdom”), संघ (saṅgh, “phylum”), वर्ग (varg, “class”), गण (gaṇ, “order”), कुल (kul, “family”), वंश (vañś, “genus”), जाति (jāti, “species”) ^{(Category: hi:Taxonomy)}

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Marathi

Marathi Wikipedia has an article on:

वर्ग (गणित)

Wikipedia ^mr

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वर्ग (varga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋəɾ.ɡə/
• Hyphenation: वर्‧ग, वर्ग
• Rhymes: -ə

Noun

वर्ग • (varga) m

1. classroom (colloquial)

   Synonym: वर्गखोली (vargakholī) (formal)

   ह्या शाळेत किती वर्ग आहेत?

   hyā śāḷet kitī varga āhet?

   How many classrooms are there in this school?

2. (phonetics) a set of consonants sharing the same place of articulation
3. class (a social division based on economic or societal status)

   आपल्या देशाचा मध्यम वर्ग खूप वाईट परिस्थितीत राहत आहे.

   āplyā deśācā madhyam varga khūp vāīṭ paristhitīt rāhat āhe.

   The middle class of our country is living in a very bad condition.

4. (mathematics) square

   १० चा वर्ग १०० आहे.

   10 cā varga 100 āhe.

   The square of 10 is 100.

5. (taxonomy) class

Declension

Derived terms

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वर्ग”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Phonetic Devanagari: बर्ग

Noun

वर्ग • (varga)

1. Alternative form of बर्ग .

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

From वृज् (vṛj, root) +‎ -अ (-a, nominalization suffix). The root carries a variety of senses, including "to pluck; to pick; to choose", etc.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́ɾ.ɡɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐɾ.ɡɐ/

Noun

वर्ग • (várga) stem, m

1. a separate division, class, set, or multitude of similar things or people; group; company; family; ilk; lot etc.
2. the things being grouped together
   1. (phonetics) a class of letters or phonemes grouped together by place of articulation.

      चवर्ग ― cavarga ― the palatal series, the letters grouped under च (ca)

   2. (grammar) a category of words
3. party; side (group of people forming a cohesive unit)
4. section; chapter (of a book)

Declension

Derived terms

• आत्मवर्ग (ātmavarga)

Descendants

• → Hindi: वर्ग (varg)
• → Javanese: warga
• → Lao: ວັກ (wak)
• → Malay: warga
  • > Indonesian: warga (inherited)
• → Marathi: वर्ग (varga)
• Nepali: बर्ग (barga)
• → Old Javanese: warga
  • > Javanese: ꦮꦂꦒ (warga) (inherited)
• Pali: vagga
  • → Burmese: ဝဂ် (wag)
  • → Khmer: វគ្គ (vĕək)
• → Punjabi: ਵਰਗ (varag)
• → Thai: วรรค (wák), พรรค (pák)
  • → Pattani Malay: ڤ̲اء / พะ (pá)

References

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “वर्गः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Monier Williams (1899) “वर्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 923/3.