वर्ग

वर्ग

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वर्ग (várga).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋəɾɡ/

Noun

वर्ग • (varg) m (Urdu spelling ورگ‎)

1. 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.

   1. (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?

   2. section, division

      वर्ग अ ― varg a ― section A

   3. class (a social division based on economic or societal status)

      उच्च वर्ग ― ucc varg ― upper class

      सर्वहारा वर्ग ― sarvahārā varg ― working class; proletariat

2. (geometry) a square
   1. square (an open space in town, not necessarily square in shape)
3. (mathematics) square

   ९ का वर्ग ८१ है। ― 9 kā varg 81 hai. ― 9 squared is 81.

4. (taxonomy) class

Declension

Declension of वर्ग (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वर्ग varg	वर्ग varg
oblique	वर्ग varg	वर्गों vargõ
vocative	वर्ग varg	वर्गो vargo

Related terms

• (Taxonomy) वर्गिकी (vargikī); डोमेन (ḍomen, “domain”), जगत (jagat, “kingdom”), संघ (saṅgh, “phylum”), वर्ग (varg, “class”), गण (gaṇ, “order”), कुल (kul, “family”), वंश (vanś, “genus”), जाति (jāti, “species”) ^{(Category: hi:Taxonomy)}

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वर्ग (varga).

Noun

वर्ग • (varga) m

1. category; a group or collection of things that are similar to each other

References

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

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Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʌrɡʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: बर्ग

Noun

वर्ग • (varga)

1. Alternative form of बर्ग [barga].

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬯᬃᬕ (Balinese script)
• ৱৰ্গ (Assamese script)
• বর্গ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰨𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀭𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
• વર્ગ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਰੑਗ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦮꦂꦒ (Javanese script)
• វគ៌ (Khmer script)
• ವರ್ಗ (Kannada script)
• ວຣ຺ຄ (Lao script)
• വര്ഗ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘪𑘨𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠷᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᠸᠠᡵᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
• ဝရ်္ဂ (Burmese script)
• 𑧊𑧈𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐬𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
• ଵର୍ଗ (Oriya script)
• ꢮꢬ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆫𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖨𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
• වර්ග (Sinhalese script)
• వర్గ (Telugu script)
• วรฺค (Thai script)
• ཝ་རྒ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒩𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta 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^(key): /ʋɐ́ɾ.ɡɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐɾ.ɡɐ/

Noun

वर्ग • (várga) m

1. a separate division, class, set, or multitude of similar things or people; group; company; family; ilk; lot etc.
2. the things being grouped together
   1. (phonetics) a class of letters or phonemes grouped together by place of articulation.

      चवर्ग ― cavarga ― the palatal series, the letters grouped under च (ca)

   2. (grammar) a category of words
3. party; side (group of people forming a cohesive unit)
4. section; chapter (of a book)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वर्ग (várga)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वर्गः várgaḥ	वर्गौ várgau	वर्गाः / वर्गासः¹ várgāḥ / várgāsaḥ¹
Vocative	वर्ग várga	वर्गौ várgau	वर्गाः / वर्गासः¹ várgāḥ / várgāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वर्गम् várgam	वर्गौ várgau	वर्गान् várgān
Instrumental	वर्गेण várgeṇa	वर्गाभ्याम् várgābhyām	वर्गैः / वर्गेभिः¹ várgaiḥ / várgebhiḥ¹
Dative	वर्गाय várgāya	वर्गाभ्याम् várgābhyām	वर्गेभ्यः várgebhyaḥ
Ablative	वर्गात् várgāt	वर्गाभ्याम् várgābhyām	वर्गेभ्यः várgebhyaḥ
Genitive	वर्गस्य várgasya	वर्गयोः várgayoḥ	वर्गाणाम् várgāṇām
Locative	वर्गे várge	वर्गयोः várgayoḥ	वर्गेषु várgeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• आत्मवर्ग (ātmavarga)

Descendants

• → Hindi: वर्ग (varg)
• → Javanese: warga
• → Lao: ວັກ (wak)
• → Malay: warga
  • Indonesian: warga
• → Marathi: वर्ग (varga)
• Nepali: बर्ग (barga)
• 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 458052227, page 923/3.