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

• “bahagya” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “bahagya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 63: “Apenas) Bahagya (pc)”
  • page 268: “Embuenora) Bahagya (pc) haçiendo ſaver algo a alguno”
• Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page xiv