वर्ग

Etymology

From Sanskrit वर्ग (várga), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to throng, crowd”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋəɾɡ/

Noun

वर्ग • (varg) m (Urdu spelling ورگ‎)

1. category, group, set

   लड़को के वर्ग में हमें खितब मिली।

   laṛko ke varg mẽ hamẽ khitab milī.

   We won a prize in the boys category.

   1. (phonetics) a set of consonants sharing the same place of articulation

      इस वर्ग में कौनसे व्यंजन हैं?

      is varg mẽ kaunse vyañjan ha͠i?

      Which consonants are in this category?

   2. section, division

      वर्ग अ ― varg a ― section A

   3. class (a social division based on economic or societal status)

      उच्च वर्ग ― ucc varg ― upper class

      सर्वहारा वर्ग ― sarvahārā varg ― working class; proletariat

2. (geometry) a square
   1. square (an open space in town, not necessarily square in shape)
3. (mathematics) square

   ९ का वर्ग ८१ है। ― 9 kā varg 81 hai. ― 9 squared is 81.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वर्ग (varga).

Noun

वर्ग • (varg) m

1. category; a group or collection of things that are similar to each other

References

• James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “वर्ग”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Noun

वर्ग • (warg)

1. Alternative form of बर्ग (barg).