સોહાગ

Gujarati

Alternative forms

• સુહાગ (suhāg)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Gujarati सोहाग (sohāga), सुहाग (suhāga), सोहग्ग (sohagga), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑁄𑀳𑀕𑁆𑀕 (sohagga), from Sanskrit सौभाग्य (saúbhāgya). Doublet of સૌભાગ્ય (saubhāgya).

Cognates

Assamese সুবাগ (xubag), Bengali সোহাগ (śōhag), Hindustani سُہاگ / सुहाग (suhāg), Odia ସୋହାଗ (sohāga), Punjabi سوہاگ / ਸੋਹਾਗ (sohāg), and Sindhi سُهاڳُہ (suhāg̠u).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ɦɑɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɑɡ
• Hyphenation: સો‧હાગ

Noun

સોહાગ • (sohāg) m

1. wifehood (ie. wedlock; marriage; wedding – period of being married)
2. (by extension) husband
3. (by extension) ornaments and things which are worn in the state of being married.

   Synonym: હેવાતન (hevātan)

4. (by extension) auspiciousness; good fortune

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “saúbhāgya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• जयंत कोठारी [Jayant Kothari] (1995) “સોહાગ”, in मध्यकालीन गुजराती शब्दकोश [Mediaeval Gujarati Dictionary], लालभाई दलपतभाईनो वंडो, पानकोरनाका, अहमदावाद ३८० ००१ [Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Road, Pankornaka, Ahmedabad 380 001]: कलिकालसर्वज्ञ श्री हेमचन्द्राचार्य नवम जन्मशताब्दी स्मृति संस्कार शिक्षण निधि [Kalikāla-Sarvajña Śrī Hemacandrācārya Navama Janma-Śatābdī Smṛti Saṃskāra Śikṣaṇa Nidhi], page 548, column 1.