# भग
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भग (bhága).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bʱəɡ/, [bʱɐɡ]

### Noun

भग • (bhag) f (Urdu spelling بھگ)
* (anatomy) vulva

#### Derived terms

* भग-चूषण (bhag-cūṣaṇ)

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भग”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* bhaga (Latin script)
* 𑀪𑀕 (Brahmi script)
* ভগ (Bengali script)
* භග (Sinhalese script)
* ဘဂ or ꧤၷ (Burmese script)
* ภค or ภะคะ (Thai script)
* ᨽᨣ (Tai Tham script)
* ຠຄ or ຠະຄະ (Lao script)
* ភគ (Khmer script)
* 𑄞𑄉 (Chakma script)

### Noun

भग n
* Devanagari script form of bhaga

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ভগ (Assamese script)
* ᬪᬕ (Balinese script)
* ভগ (Bengali script)
* 𑰥𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀪𑀕 (Brahmi script)
* ဘဂ (Burmese script)
* ભગ (Gujarati script)
* ਭਗ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌭𑌗 (Grantha script)
* ꦨꦒ (Javanese script)
* 𑂦𑂏 (Kaithi script)
* ಭಗ (Kannada script)
* ភគ (Khmer script)
* ຠຄ (Lao script)
* ഭഗ (Malayalam script)
* ᢨᠠᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘥𑘐 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠾᠠᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧅𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐨𑐐 (Newa script)
* ଭଗ (Odia script)
* ꢩꢔ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆨𑆓 (Sharada script)
* 𑖥𑖐 (Siddham script)
* භග (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩳𑩞 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚡𑚌 (Takri script)
* ப⁴க³ (Tamil script)
* భగ (Telugu script)
* ภค (Thai script)
* བྷ་ག (Tibetan script)
* 𑒦𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨡𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

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

* (Vedic) IPA: /bʱɐ́.ɡɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈbʱɐ.ɡɐ/

### Noun

भग • (bhága) stem, m
* (Vedic religion, 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.
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.89.3:तान्पूर्व॑या नि॒विदा॑ हूमहे व॒यं भगं॑ मि॒त्रमदि॑तिं॒ दक्ष॑म॒स्रिध॑म्। अ॒र्य॒मणं॒ वरु॑णं॒ सोम॑म॒श्विना॒ सर॑स्वती नः सु॒भगा॒ मय॑स्करत्॥tā́npū́rvayā nivídā hūmahe vayáṃ bhágaṃ mitrámáditiṃ dákṣamasrídham. aryamáṇaṃ váruṇaṃ sómamaśvínā sárasvatī naḥ subhágā máyaskarat.We invoke them with an ancient text, Bhaga, Mitra, Aditi, Dakṣa, Asridh, Aryaman, Varuṇa, Soma, the Aśvins; and may the gracious Sarasvatī grant us happiness.
* "dispenser", gracious lord, patron (applied to gods, especially to Savitṛ)
* the sun
* mud (also bitumen)
* good fortune, happiness, welfare, prosperity
* dignity, majesty, distinction, excellence, beauty, loveliness
* love, affection, sexual passion, amorous pleasure, dalliance
* the female organs, pudendum muliebre, vulva

#### Derived terms

* भगवत् (bhágavat)

#### 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 743, column 2.
* 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