સોહાગ

Gujarati

Alternative forms

સુહાગ (suhāg)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑁄𑀳𑀕𑁆𑀕 (sohagga), from Sanskrit सौभाग्य (saúbhāgya). Doublet of સૌભાગ્ય (saubhāgya). Cognate with Assamese সুবাগ (xubag), Bengali সোহাগ (śōhag), Hindi सुहाग (suhāg), Odia ସୋହାଗ (sohagô), Punjabi سوہاگ / ਸੋਹਾਗ (sohāg), and Sindhi سُهاڳُہ (suhāg̠u).

Pronunciation

(Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ɦɑɡ/
Rhymes: -ɑɡ

Noun

સોહાગ • (sohāg) m

fortunate
wifehood
anything worn by a wife indicating their husband is alive
Synonym: હેવાતન (hevātan)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “saúbhāgya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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