بھوک

See also: تھوک

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀼𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bubhukkhā), from Sanskrit बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā). Cognate with Punjabi ਭੁੱਖ (bhukkha) / بُھکّھ (bhukkh), Marathi भूक (bhūk), Gujarati ભૂખ (bhūkh), Bengali ভুখ (bhukh). Doublet of بُبُھکْشَا (bubhukṣā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bʱuːk/

Noun

بُھوک • (bhūk) f (Hindi spelling भूख)

1. appetite, hunger

   کْیَا تُمْہیں بُھوک لَگِی ہَے ؟

   kyā tumhẽ bhūk lagī hai?

   Are you hungry?

2. craving (for food)

   Synonym: اِشْتِہَا (ištehā)

Declension

Declension of بھوک
	singular	plural
direct	بُھوک (bhūk)	بُھوکیں (bhūkẽ)
oblique	بُھوک (bhūk)	بُھوکوں (bhūkõ)
vocative	بُھوک (bhūk)	بُھوکو (bhūko)

See also

• پْیَاس (pyās, “thirst”)

References

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بهوک”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bubhukṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press