bahagya

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧hag‧ya
• IPA^(key): /bahaɡˈjaʔ/, [bɐ.hɐɡˈjaʔ]

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