As a Hindi name
भाग · noun · masculine
हिस्सा । खड । अंश । जैसे,— इसके चार भाग कर डालो · पार्श्व । तरफ । ओर · नसीब । भाग्य । किस्मत । प्रारब्ध — Śabdasāgara
भाग · bhāg · s.m.
Part, portion, member, share, lot, division; allotment, partition, distribution, apportionment; share in a partnership, or of an inheritance; share in kind — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 179
भाग · masculine
piece, part, share; luck, good fortune; division
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi भाग — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit भाग (bhāga).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. bhāga m. (√ bhaj) a part, portion, share, allotment, inheritance (in Ved. also = lot, esp. fortunate lot, good fortune, luck, destiny), RV. &c. &c.
a part (as opp. to any whole; bhāgam bhāgam with Caus. of √ kḷp or bhāgān with √ kṛ, to divide in parts)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a part, portion, share, allotment, inheritance (in Ved. also = lot, esp. fortunate lot, good fortune, luck, destiny), &c. &c.
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1. bhāga m. (√ bhaj) a part, portion, share, allotment, inheritance (in Ved. also = lot, esp. fortunate lot, good fortune, luck, destiny), RV. &c. &c.
a part (as opp. to any whole; bhāgam bhāgam with Caus. of √ kḷp or bhāgān with √ kṛ, to divide in parts)
a fraction (often with an ordinal number, e.g. aṣṭamo bhāgaḥ, the eighth part, or in comp. with a cardinal, e.g. śata-bh˚; 1/100; aśīti-bh˚ = 1/80), Up.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
a quarter (see eka-bh˚, tri-bh˚)
part i.e. place, spot, region, side (ifc. taking the place of, representing), Lāṭy.; MBh. &c. (in this sense also n.; see bhūmi-bh˚)
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