bahagya

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Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Malay bahagia (“happy; good fortune”) with semantic shift, from Sanskrit भाग्य (bhāgya). Compare bahagi.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bahaɡˈjaʔ/, [bɐ.hɐɡˈjaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧hag‧ya

Adjective[edit]

bahagyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜄ᜔ᜌ)

  1. slight; little; scant
    Synonyms: katiting, kaunti

Adverb[edit]

bahagyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜄ᜔ᜌ)

  1. slightly; a little
  2. scarcely; barely
  3. hardly

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page xiv
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