भगवा
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit भगवा (bhagavā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʱəɡ.ʋɑː/
Noun
भगवा • (bhagvā) m
- saffron, red-ochre colour, often associated with Hinduism
- a kind of saffron cloth
Adjective
भगवा • (bhagvā)
- saffron-coloured
- (politics) Hindu nationalist; right-wing
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “भगवा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 754