bahagya

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bahaɡˈjaʔ/ [bɐ.hɐɡˈjaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: ba‧hag‧ya

Adjective

bahagyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜄ᜔ᜌ)

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

Adverb

bahagyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜄ᜔ᜌ)

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

Derived terms
  • baha-bahagya

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