# वर्ग
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वर्ग (varga).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋəɾɡ/, [ʋɐɾɡ]
* Hyphenation: वर्ग
* Rhymes: -əɾɡ

### Noun

वर्ग • (varg) m (Urdu spelling ورگ)
* category, group, set
    लड़को के वर्ग में हमें खितब मिली।laṛko ke varg mẽ hamẽ khitab milī.We won a prize in the boys category.
** (phonetics) a set of consonants sharing the same place of articulation
    इस वर्ग में कौनसे व्यंजन हैं?is varg mẽ kaunse vyañjan ha͠i?Which consonants are in this category?
** section, division
    वर्ग अ ― varg a ― section A
** class (a social division based on economic or societal status)
    उच्च वर्ग ― ucc varg ― upper class
    सर्वहारा वर्ग ― sarvahārā varg ― working class; proletariat
* (geometry) a square
** square (an open space in town, not necessarily square in shape)
* (mathematics) square
    ९ का वर्ग ८१ है। ― 9 kā varg 81 hai. ― 9 squared is 81.
* (taxonomy) class

#### Related terms

* प्रक्षेत्र (prakṣetra), अधिजगत (adhijgat)
* जगत (jagat)
* संघ (saṅgh)
* वर्ग (varg)
* गण (gaṇ)
* कुल (kul)
* वंश (vañś)
* जाति (jāti)

### References

* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “वर्ग”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वर्ग (varga).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋəɾ.ɡə/
* Hyphenation: वर्‧ग, वर्ग
* Rhymes: -ə

### Noun

वर्ग • (varga) m
* classroom (colloquial)
    Synonym: वर्गखोली (vargakholī) (formal)
    ह्या शाळेत किती वर्ग आहेत?hyā śāḷet kitī varga āhet?How many classrooms are there in this school?
* (phonetics) a set of consonants sharing the same place of articulation
* class (a social division based on economic or societal status)
    आपल्या देशाचा मध्यम वर्ग खूप वाईट परिस्थितीत राहत आहे.āplyā deśācā madhyam varga khūp vāīṭ paristhitīt rāhat āhe.The middle class of our country is living in a very bad condition.
* (mathematics) square
    १० चा वर्ग १०० आहे.10 cā varga 100 āhe.The square of 10 is 100.
* (taxonomy) class

#### Derived terms

* वर्गखोली (vargakholī, “classroom”)
* वर्गमित्र (vargamitra, “classmate”)
* वर्गमूळ (vargamūḷ, “square root”)
* वर्गवारी (vargavārī, “categories”)
* वर्गीकरण (vargīkaraṇ, “classification”)

### References

* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वर्ग”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

## Nepali
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bʌrɡʌ]
* Phonetic Devanagari: बर्ग

### Noun

वर्ग • (varga)
* Alternative form of बर्ग (barga).

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* ৱৰ্গ (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬃᬕ (Balinese script)
* বর্গ (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰨𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀭𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
* ဝရ်္ဂ (Burmese script)
* વર્ગ (Gujarati script)
* ਵਰ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦂꦒ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂩𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
* ವರ್ಗ (Kannada script)
* វគ៌ (Khmer script)
* ວຣ຺ຄ (Lao script)
* വര്ഗ (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᠠᡵᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘨𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠠᠷᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧈𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐬𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
* ଵର୍ଗ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢬ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆫𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖨𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
* වර්‍ග (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩼 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚤𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
* வர்க³ (Tamil script)
* వర్గ (Telugu script)
* วรฺค (Thai script)
* ཝ་རྒ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒩𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨫𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From वृज् (vṛj, root) +‎ -अ (-a, nominalization suffix). The root carries a variety of senses, including "to pluck; to pick; to choose", etc.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɐ́ɾ.ɡɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋɐɾ.ɡɐ/

### Noun

वर्ग • (várga) stem, m
* a separate division, class, set, or multitude of similar things or people; group; company; family; ilk; lot etc.
* the things being grouped together
** (phonetics) a class of letters or phonemes grouped together by place of articulation.
    चवर्ग ― cavarga ― the palatal series, the letters grouped under च (ca)
** (grammar) a category of words
* party; side (group of people forming a cohesive unit)
* section; chapter (of a book)

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* आत्मवर्ग (ātmavarga)
* अरिषड्वर्ग (ariṣaḍvarga)

#### Descendants

* → Hindi: वर्ग (varg)
* → Javanese: warga
* → Lao: ວັກ (wak)
* → Malay: warga
** > Indonesian: warga (inherited)
* → Marathi: वर्ग (varga)
* Nepali: बर्ग (barga)
* → Old Javanese: warga
** > Javanese: ꦮꦂꦒ (warga) (inherited)
* Pali: vagga
** → Burmese: ဝဂ် (wag)
** → Khmer: វគ្គ (vĕək)
* → Punjabi: ਵਰਗ (varag)
* → Thai: วรรค (wák), พรรค (pák)
** → Pattani Malay: ڤ̲اء / พะ (pá)

### References

* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “वर्गः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Monier Williams (1899) “वर्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 923/3.