भगवा

Hindi

Etymology

Perhaps from Sanskrit भगवत् (bhagavat, “holy”). Cognate to Marathi भगवा (bhagvā), Gujarati ભગવો (bhagvo).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bʱəɡ.ʋɑː/, [bʱɐɡ.wäː]

Noun

भगवा • (bhagvā) m

1. saffron, red-ochre colour, often associated with Hinduism

   Synonyms: केसर (kesar), केसरी (kesrī), गेरुआ (geruā), ज़ाफ़रान (zāfrān)

2. a kind of saffron cloth

Declension

Declension of भगवा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भगवा bhagvā	भगवे bhagve
oblique	भगवे bhagve	भगवों bhagvõ
vocative	भगवे bhagve	भगवो bhagvo

Adjective

भगवा • (bhagvā) (indeclinable)

1. saffron-coloured

   Synonyms: केसरी (kesrī), केसरिया (kesriyā), गेरुआ (geruā), ज़ाफ़रान (zāfrān)

2. (politics) Hindu nationalist; right-wing
3. (historical) pertaining to the Maratha Empire

Usage notes

Can be declinable or indeclinable.

Declension

Declension of भगवा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	भगवा bhagvā	भगवे bhagve	भगवी bhagvī	भगवी bhagvī
oblique	भगवे bhagve	भगवे bhagve	भगवी bhagvī	भगवी bhagvī
vocative	भगवे bhagve	भगवे bhagve	भगवी bhagvī	भगवी bhagvī

Derived terms

• भगवा ध्वज (bhagvā dhvaj) (a saffron flag used by Hindu devotees and Hindu nationalists)

Descendants

• → English: bhagwa

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भगवा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 754

Marathi

Etymology

Perhaps from Sanskrit भगवत् (bhagavat, “holy”). Cognate to Hindi भगवा (bhagvā), Gujarati ભગવો (bhagvo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʱəɡ.ʋa/

Adjective

भगवा • (bhagvā)

1. orange-colored, saffron-coloured

   Synonym: केशरी (keśrī)

Related terms

• भगवे (bhagve) (adjective)
• भगवी (bhagvī) (adjective)

Noun

भगवा • (bhagvā) m

1. orange (color)
2. flag of the Maratha Empire

Colors in Marathi · रंग (raṅga) (layout · text)

पांढरा (pāṇḍhrā)	पारवा (pārvā), राखाडी (rākhāḍī)	काळा (kāḷā)
लाल (lāl), तांबडा (tāmbḍā); [Term?]	केशरी (keśrī), भगवा (bhagvā); तपकिरी (tapkirī)	पिवळा (pivḷā); [Term?]
पोपटी (popṭī)	हिरवा (hirvā)	[Term?]; [Term?]
[Term?]; आकाशी (ākāśī)	[Term?]	निळा (niḷā)
[Term?]; [Term?]	[Term?]; जांभळा (j̈āmbhaḷā)	गुलाबी (gulābī)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• bhagavā (Latin script)
• 𑀪𑀕𑀯𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ভগৰা (Bengali script)
• භගවා (Sinhalese script)
• ဘဂဝါ or ꧤၷဝႃ (Burmese script)
• ภควา or ภะคะวา (Thai script)
• ᨽᨣᩅᩤ or ᨽᨣᩅᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຠຄວາ or ຠະຄະວາ or ພ຺ະຄະວາ or ພະຄະວາ (Lao script)
• ភគវា (Khmer script)
• 𑄞𑄉𑅇𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

भगवा (bhagavā)

1. Devanagari script form of bhagavā, which is nominative/vocative singular of भगवन्त् (bhagavant, “fortunate one”)