भगवा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भगवा (bhagavā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʱəɡ.ʋɑː/

Noun

भगवा • (bhagvā) m

saffron, red-ochre colour, often associated with Hinduism
a kind of saffron cloth

Adjective

भगवा • (bhagvā)

saffron-coloured
(politics) Hindu nationalist; right-wing

References

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

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