भग

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भग (bhága).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bʱəɡ/, [bʱɐɡ]

Noun

भग • (bhag) f (Urdu spelling بھگ)

  1. (anatomy) vulva

Declension

Derived terms

  • भग-चूषण (bhag-cūṣaṇ)

References

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

भग n

  1. Devanagari script form of bhaga

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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

  1. "dispenser", gracious lord, patron (applied to gods, especially to Savitṛ)
  2. (Hinduism) Bhaga, one of the Adityas, a god of wealth and marriage in Hinduism. In the Rigveda Bhaga is the god who supervises the distribution of goods and destiny to each man corresponding to his merits.
  3. the sun
  4. mud (also bitumen)
  5. good fortune, happiness, welfare, prosperity
  6. dignity, majesty, distinction, excellence, beauty, loveliness
  7. love, affection, sexual passion, amorous pleasure, dalliance
  8. the female organs, pudendum muliebre, vulva

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भग (bhága)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative भगः
bhágaḥ
भगौ / भगा¹
bhágau / bhágā¹
भगाः / भगासः¹
bhágāḥ / bhágāsaḥ¹
Vocative भग
bhága
भगौ / भगा¹
bhágau / bhágā¹
भगाः / भगासः¹
bhágāḥ / bhágāsaḥ¹
Accusative भगम्
bhágam
भगौ / भगा¹
bhágau / bhágā¹
भगान्
bhágān
Instrumental भगेन
bhágena
भगाभ्याम्
bhágābhyām
भगैः / भगेभिः¹
bhágaiḥ / bhágebhiḥ¹
Dative भगाय
bhágāya
भगाभ्याम्
bhágābhyām
भगेभ्यः
bhágebhyaḥ
Ablative भगात्
bhágāt
भगाभ्याम्
bhágābhyām
भगेभ्यः
bhágebhyaḥ
Genitive भगस्य
bhágasya
भगयोः
bhágayoḥ
भगानाम्
bhágānām
Locative भगे
bháge
भगयोः
bhágayoḥ
भगेषु
bhágeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Bhaga
  • Hindi: भग (bhag)
  • Pali: bhaga
  • Tamil: பகன் (pakaṉ)
  • Telugu: భగము (bhagamu)

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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.