भाग

See also: भांग, भृग्, भीगा, भग, and भोग

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भाग (bhāgá).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bʱɑːɡ/, [bʱäːɡ]

Noun

भाग • (bhāg) m (Urdu spelling بھاگ)

1. 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.

2. luck, good fortune
3. (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

• प्रतिभागिता (pratibhāgitā)
• भाग करना (bhāg karnā, “to divide”)
• भागफल (bhāgphal, “quotient”)
• भागवंत (bhāgvant)
• भागवान् (bhāgvān)
• भागहर (bhāghar)
• भागहारी (bhāghārī)

 

Konkani

Noun

भाग • (bhāg) (Latin script bhag, Kannada script ಭಾಗ್)

1. (formal) part, portion

   Synonym: कुड्को (kuḍko) (kudkô)

Marathi

Noun

भाग • (bhāg) m

1. part, division, 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-Aryan *bʰāgás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰāgás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-. Compare Avestan 𐬠𐬁𐬔𐬀 (bāga).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɑː.ɡɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɑː.ɡɐ/

Noun

भाग • (bhāgá) stem, m

1. part, portion, share, allotment
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
2. compartment, division

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भाग (bhāgá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भागः bhāgáḥ	भागौ / भागा¹ bhāgaú / bhāgā́¹	भागाः / भागासः¹ bhāgā́ḥ / bhāgā́saḥ¹
Vocative	भाग bhā́ga	भागौ / भागा¹ bhā́gau / bhā́gā¹	भागाः / भागासः¹ bhā́gāḥ / bhā́gāsaḥ¹
Accusative	भागम् bhāgám	भागौ / भागा¹ bhāgaú / bhāgā́¹	भागान् bhāgā́n
Instrumental	भागेन bhāgéna	भागाभ्याम् bhāgā́bhyām	भागैः / भागेभिः¹ bhāgaíḥ / bhāgébhiḥ¹
Dative	भागाय bhāgā́ya	भागाभ्याम् bhāgā́bhyām	भागेभ्यः bhāgébhyaḥ
Ablative	भागात् bhāgā́t	भागाभ्याम् bhāgā́bhyām	भागेभ्यः bhāgébhyaḥ
Genitive	भागस्य bhāgásya	भागयोः bhāgáyoḥ	भागानाम् bhāgā́nām
Locative	भागे bhāgé	भागयोः bhāgáyoḥ	भागेषु bhāgéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀪𑀸𑀕 (bhāga), 𑀪𑀸𑀅 (bhāa)
• Pali: bhāga
• → Kannada: ಭಾಗ (bhāga)
• → Malayalam: ഭാഗം (bhāgaṁ)
• → Punjabi: ਭਾਗ (bhāg) (learned)
• → Tamil: பங்கு (paṅku)
• → Telugu: 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]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 260