ভোগ

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ভোগ (bhoga). Compare Sylheti ꠜꠥꠉ (búgo), Assamese ভোগ (bhüg), Odia ଭୋଗ (bhoga), Hindustani بهوگ / भोग (bhog).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /bʱoɡ/, [ˈbʱoɡ], [ˈvoɡ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /bʱoɡ/, [ˈbʱoɡ], [ˈvoɡ]

Noun

ভোগ • (bhōg)

  1. enjoyment
  2. suffering, sustaining
  3. appropriation, act of possessing and using as one's own
  4. sensual or earthly pleasures
  5. an article of food
  6. an offering of food made to a deity
    ভোগ দেওয়াbhōg deōẇato offer food and entertainment to a deity
  7. an affliction, trouble

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative ভোগ (bhōg)
objective ভোগ / ভোগকে (bhōg (semantically general or indefinite) / bhōgke (semantically definite))
genitive ভোগের (bhōger)
locative ভোগে (bhōge)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative ভোগটা , ভোগটি (bhōgṭa (colloquial), bhōgṭi (formal)) ভোগগুলা, ভোগগুলো (bhōggula (colloquial), bhōggulo (formal))
objective ভোগটা, ভোগটি (bhōgṭa (colloquial), bhōgṭi (formal)) ভোগগুলা, ভোগগুলো (bhōggula (colloquial), bhōggulo (formal))
genitive ভোগটার, ভোগটির (bhōgṭar (colloquial), bhōgṭir (formal)) ভোগগুলার, ভোগগুলোর (bhōggular (colloquial), bhōggulor (formal))
locative ভোগটাতে / ভোগটায়, ভোগটিতে (bhōgṭate / bhōgṭay (colloquial), bhōgṭite (formal)) ভোগগুলাতে / ভোগগুলায়, ভোগগুলোতে (bhōggulate / bhōggulay (colloquial), bhōggulote (formal))
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

  • ভোগতৃষ্ণা (bhōgotoriśna)
  • ভোগদেহ (bhōgodeho)
  • ভোগবতী (bhōgboti)
  • ভোগবাসনা (bhōgbaśona)
  • ভোগবিলাস (bhōgbilaś)
  • ভোগবিলাসী (bhōgbilaśi)
  • ভোগলালসা (bhōglalośa)
  • ভোগসুখ (bhōgośukh)
  • ভোগস্বত্ব (bhōgośśotto)

References

  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “ভোগ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]