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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit भाग ( bhāga ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
भाग • (bhāg ) m (Urdu spelling بھاگ )
piece , part , share
Synonyms: हिस्सा ( hissā ) , टुकड़ा ( ṭukṛā )
इस ज़मीन का एक भाग मेरा होना चाहिए। is zamīn kā ek bhāg merā honā cāhie. A share of this plot of land should be mine.
luck , good fortune
( mathematics ) division
Declension
Declension of भाग (masc cons-stem )
singular
plural
direct
भाग bhāg
भाग bhāg
oblique
भाग bhāg
भागों bhāgõ
vocative
भाग bhāg
भागो bhāgo
Derived terms
Konkani
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit भाग ( bhāga ) .
Noun
भाग • (bhāg ) (Latin script bhag , Kannada script ಭಾಗ್ )
( formal ) part , portion
Synonym: कुड्को ( kuḍko ) ( kudkô )
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit भाग ( bhāga ) .
Noun
भाग • (bhāg ) m
part , division , portion , share
Pali
Alternative scripts
bhāga ( Latin script ) 𑀪𑀸𑀕 ( Brahmi script ) ভাগ ( Bengali script ) භාග ( Sinhalese script ) ဘာဂ or ꧤႃၷ ( Burmese script ) ภาค or ภาคะ ( Thai script ) ᨽᩣᨣ ( Tai Tham script ) ຠາຄ or ຠາຄະ ( Lao script ) ភាគ ( Khmer script ) 𑄞𑄂𑄉 ( Chakma script )
Noun
भाग m
Devanagari script form of bhāga ( “ part, portion, share ” )
Declension
Declension table of "भाग" (masculine)
Prakrit
Noun
भाग (bhāga )
Devanagari script form of 𑀪𑀸𑀕 ( “ part, portion, share ” )
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
ভাগ ( Assamese script ) ᬪᬵᬕ ( Balinese script ) ভাগ ( Bengali script ) 𑰥𑰯𑰐 ( Bhaiksuki script ) 𑀪𑀸𑀕 ( Brahmi script ) ဘာဂ ( Burmese script ) ભાગ ( Gujarati script ) ਭਾਗ ( Gurmukhi script ) 𑌭𑌾𑌗 ( Grantha script ) ꦨꦴꦒ ( Javanese script ) 𑂦𑂰𑂏 ( Kaithi script ) ಭಾಗ ( Kannada script ) ភាគ ( Khmer script ) ຠາຄ ( Lao script ) ഭാഗ ( Malayalam script ) ᢨᠠ᠊ᠠᡤᠠ ( Manchu script ) 𑘥𑘰𑘐 ( Modi script ) ᠪᠾᠠᢗᠺᠠ ( Mongolian script ) 𑧅𑧑𑦰 ( Nandinagari script ) 𑐨𑐵𑐐 ( Newa script ) ଭାଗ ( Odia script ) ꢩꢵꢔ ( Saurashtra script ) 𑆨𑆳𑆓 ( Sharada script ) 𑖥𑖯𑖐 ( Siddham script ) භාග ( Sinhalese script ) 𑩳𑩛𑩞 ( Soyombo script ) 𑚡𑚭𑚌 ( Takri script ) ப⁴ாக³ ( Tamil script ) భాగ ( Telugu script ) ภาค ( Thai script ) བྷཱ་ག ( Tibetan script ) 𑒦𑒰𑒑 ( Tirhuta script ) 𑨡𑨊𑨍 ( Zanabazar Square script )
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰāgás , from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- . Compare Avestan 𐬠𐬁𐬔𐬀 ( bāga ) , Persian باغ ( bâğ ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
भाग • (bhāgá ) stem , m
part , portion , share , allotment
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE ,
Ṛgveda 5.82.3 :
स हि रत्ना॑नि दा॒शुषे॑ सु॒वाति॑ सवि॒ता भगः॑। तं भा॒गं चि॒त्रमी॑महे॥ sá hí rátnāni dāśúṣe suvā́ti savitā́ bhágaḥ. táṃ bhāgáṃ citrámīmahe. That Savitā who is Bhaga, bestows precious treasure on the donor of the offering; we solicit (of him) a valuable portion .
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE ,
Ṛgveda 6.64.5 :
दे॒वेन॑ नो॒ मन॑सा देव सोम रा॒यो भा॒गं स॑हसावन्न॒भि यु॑ध्य । devéna no mánasā deva soma rāyó bhāgáṃ sahasāvannabhí yudhya. Win for us, O divine victorious Soma, with your divine spirit, our share of wealth.
compartment , division
Declension
Descendants
Prakrit: 𑀪𑀸𑀕 ( bhāga ) , 𑀪𑀸𑀅 ( bhāa )
Pali: bhāga → Burmese: ဘက် ( bhak ) → Khmer: ភាគ ( phiək ) → Lao: ພາກ ( phāk ) → Thai: ภาค ( pâak )
→ Assamese: ভাগ ( bhag )
→ Bengali: ভাগ ( bhag )
→ Gujarati: ભાગ ( bhāg )
→ Hindi: भाग ( bhāg )
→ Kannada: ಭಾಗ ( bhāga )
→ Malayalam: ഭാഗം ( bhāgaṁ )
→ Marathi: भाग ( bhāg )
→ Nepali: भाग ( bhāg )
→ Odia: ଭାଗ ( bhāga )
→ Punjabi: ਭਾਗ ( bhāg )
→ Tamil: பாகம் ( pākam )
→ Telugu: భాగము ( bhāgamu ) , భాగం ( bhāgaṁ )
References
Monier Williams (1899 ) “भाग ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press , →OCLC , page 751/2 .
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996 ) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan ] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 260