ओघ

Hindi

Alternative forms

• ओग (og) — pronunciation spelling

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ओघ (ogha).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /oːɡʱ/

Noun

ओघ • (ogh) m (Urdu spelling اوگھ) (formal)

1. stream, torrent
2. multitude, collection, heap

Declension

Declension of ओघ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ओघ ogh	ओघ ogh
oblique	ओघ ogh	ओघों oghõ
vocative	ओघ ogh	ओघो ogho

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “ओघ”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ओघ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ओघ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ओघ (ogha). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘌𑘐 (oga), 𑘌𑘑 (ogha), 𑘪𑘻𑘑 (vogha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɡʱ/

Noun

ओघ • (ogh) m

1. stream, current, flow

   Synonym: प्रवाह (pravāh)

2. course (the way in which something progresses, such as a conversation)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “ओघ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “ओघ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “ओघ”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• औघ (aughá)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ওঘ (Assamese script)
• ᬑᬖ (Balinese script)
• ওঘ (Bengali script)
• 𑰌𑰑 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀑𑀖 (Brahmi script)
• ဩဃ (Burmese script)
• ઓઘ (Gujarati script)
• ਓਘ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌓𑌘 (Grantha script)
• ꦎꦓ (Javanese script)
• 𑂋𑂐 (Kaithi script)
• ಓಘ (Kannada script)
• ឱឃ (Khmer script)
• ໂອຆ (Lao script)
• ഓഘ (Malayalam script)
• ᠣᢚᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘌𑘑 (Modi script)
• ᠣᠸᠠᠺᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦬𑦱 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐌𑐑 (Newa script)
• ଓଘ (Odia script)
• ꢐꢕ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆏𑆔 (Sharada script)
• 𑖌𑖑 (Siddham script)
• ඔඝ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩕𑩟 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚈𑚍 (Takri script)
• ஓக⁴ (Tamil script)
• ఓఘ (Telugu script)
• โอฆ (Thai script)
• ཨོ་གྷ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒍𑒒 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨆𑨎 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Ultimately inherited from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“flow”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐw.ɡʱɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /oː.ɡʱɐ/

Noun

ओघ • (ogha) stem, m (root वह्)

1. stream, flood, torrent of water
2. heap, flock, multitude
3. continuity
4. (music) quick time
5. tradition, traditional instruction
6. a kind of dance

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ओघ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ओघः (oghaḥ)	ओघौ (oghau) ओघा¹ (oghā¹)	ओघाः (oghāḥ) ओघासः¹ (oghāsaḥ¹)
vocative	ओघ (ogha)	ओघौ (oghau) ओघा¹ (oghā¹)	ओघाः (oghāḥ) ओघासः¹ (oghāsaḥ¹)
accusative	ओघम् (ogham)	ओघौ (oghau) ओघा¹ (oghā¹)	ओघान् (oghān)
instrumental	ओघेन (oghena)	ओघाभ्याम् (oghābhyām)	ओघैः (oghaiḥ) ओघेभिः¹ (oghebhiḥ¹)
dative	ओघाय (oghāya)	ओघाभ्याम् (oghābhyām)	ओघेभ्यः (oghebhyaḥ)
ablative	ओघात् (oghāt)	ओघाभ्याम् (oghābhyām)	ओघेभ्यः (oghebhyaḥ)
genitive	ओघस्य (oghasya)	ओघयोः (oghayoḥ)	ओघानाम् (oghānām)
locative	ओघे (oghe)	ओघयोः (oghayoḥ)	ओघेषु (ogheṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• ओघवत् (oghavat)

Descendants

• Pali: ogha
• Prakrit: 𑀑𑀖 (ogha), 𑀑𑀳 (oha)
• → Gujarati: ઓઘ (ogha)
• → Hindi: ओघ (ogh)
• → Old Marathi: oga, ogha, vogha

  Devanagari script: ओग, ओघ, वोघ

  Modi script: 𑘌𑘐, 𑘌𑘑, 𑘪𑘻𑘑

  • Marathi: ओघ (ogh)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “ओघ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 235, column 2.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “ओघ”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ogha-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 277
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aughá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press