سہاگ

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑁄𑀳𑀕𑁆𑀕 (sohagga), from Sanskrit सौभाग्य (saubhāgya). First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi سُہاگ (shag) / سُوہاگ (svhag).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sʊ.ɦɑːɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɡ
• Hyphenation: سُ‧ہاگ

Noun

سُہاگ • (suhāg) m (Hindi spelling सुहाग)

1. wifehood (ie. wedlock; marriage; wedding – period of being married)
2. (by extension) ornaments and things which are worn in the state of being married.
3. consummation
4. (by extension)
   1. auspiciousness; good fortune
   2. happiness; affection; love
   3. beauty
   4. pride; honour

Declension

Declension of سہاگ
	singular	plural
direct	سُہاگ (suhāg)	سُہاگ (suhāg)
oblique	سُہاگ (suhāg)	سُہاگوں (suhāgō̃)
vocative	سُہاگ (suhāg)	سُہاگو (suhāgō)

Further reading

More information

• “سہاگ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سہاگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “سہاگ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “سـﮩـاگ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 800
• John Shakespear (1834) “سہاگ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC