भक्ष
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भक्ष (bhakṣá).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
भक्ष • (bhakṣ) m
Declension edit
Declension of भक्ष (masc cons-stem)
Further reading edit
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “भक्ष”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- ভক্ষ (Assamese script)
- ᬪᬓ᭄ᬱ (Balinese script)
- ভক্ষ (Bengali script)
- 𑰥𑰎𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀪𑀓𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
- ဘက္ၑ (Burmese script)
- ભક્ષ (Gujarati script)
- ਭਕ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
- ꦨꦏ꧀ꦰ (Javanese script)
- 𑂦𑂍𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
- ಭಕ್ಷ (Kannada script)
- ភក្ឞ (Khmer script)
- ຠກ຺ຩ (Lao script)
- ഭക്ഷ (Malayalam script)
- ᢨᠠᡬᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘥𑘎𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠾᠠᢉᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧅𑦮𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐨𑐎𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
- ଭକ୍ଷ (Odia script)
- ꢩꢒ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆨𑆑𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
- 𑖥𑖎𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
- භක්ෂ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩳𑩜 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚡𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
- ப⁴க்ஷ (Tamil script)
- భక్ష (Telugu script)
- ภกฺษ (Thai script)
- བྷ་ཀྵ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒦𑒏𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨡𑨋𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰakš-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to distribute”). The Sanskrit root is भक्ष् (bhakṣ) . Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬑𐬱𐬀- (baxša-), Persian بخش (baxš), Ancient Greek φᾰγεῖν (phageîn).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
भक्ष • (bhakṣá) stem, m
- eating, drinking
- drink
- food
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:खान
Declension edit
| Masculine a-stem declension of भक्ष (bhakṣá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | भक्षः bhakṣáḥ |
भक्षौ / भक्षा¹ bhakṣaú / bhakṣā́¹ |
भक्षाः / भक्षासः¹ bhakṣā́ḥ / bhakṣā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | भक्ष bhákṣa |
भक्षौ / भक्षा¹ bhákṣau / bhákṣā¹ |
भक्षाः / भक्षासः¹ bhákṣāḥ / bhákṣāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | भक्षम् bhakṣám |
भक्षौ / भक्षा¹ bhakṣaú / bhakṣā́¹ |
भक्षान् bhakṣā́n |
| Instrumental | भक्षेण bhakṣéṇa |
भक्षाभ्याम् bhakṣā́bhyām |
भक्षैः / भक्षेभिः¹ bhakṣaíḥ / bhakṣébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | भक्षाय bhakṣā́ya |
भक्षाभ्याम् bhakṣā́bhyām |
भक्षेभ्यः bhakṣébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | भक्षात् bhakṣā́t |
भक्षाभ्याम् bhakṣā́bhyām |
भक्षेभ्यः bhakṣébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | भक्षस्य bhakṣásya |
भक्षयोः bhakṣáyoḥ |
भक्षाणाम् bhakṣā́ṇām |
| Locative | भक्षे bhakṣé |
भक्षयोः bhakṣáyoḥ |
भक्षेषु bhakṣéṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “भक्ष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 742.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhakṣá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press