Hindi edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bʱuːk/

Noun edit

भूक (bhūkf (Urdu spelling بُھوک)

  1. pronunciation spelling of भूख (bhūkh).
    • 2021, हम सिर्फ़ कंप्रोमाइज़ करते हैं [we only compromise][1]:
      चल जा जल्दी बकरा काट के बना के ले आ .. पुलिसवालों को जल्दी भूक लगती है
      cal jā jaldī bakrā kāṭ ke banā ke le ā .. pulisvālõ ko jaldī bhūk lagtī hai
      Go fast and cook a goat after cutting it quickly. Policemen get hungry [lit. feel hunger] soon.
    • 2021 October 14, “आधी रात में खाना मतलब मोटापा को बुलाना, लेकिन अब ऐसा नहीं होगा, जाने क्यों [Eating in the middle of the night leads to obesity, but no longer so, know why]”, in Nandini Shukla, editor, News Nation[2], archived from the original on 22 October 2021:
      क्या आप भी उन लोगों की लिस्ट में शामिल हैं जो रात का खाना खाने के कुछ देर बाद स्नैक्स तलाशते हैं? या आधी रात में नींद खुलने के बाद आपको भी ज़ोरों की भूक लगती है फिर चाहे वो कैसा भी स्नैक्स हो हम उससे खा ही लेते है क्योंकी नाईट क्रेविंग्स ऐसी ही होती है.
      kyā āp bhī un logõ kī lisṭ mẽ śāmil ha͠i jo rāt kā khānā khāne ke kuch der bād snaiks talāśte ha͠i? yā ādhī rāt mẽ nīnd khulne ke bād āpko bhī zorõ kī bhūk lagtī hai phir cāhe vo kaisā bhī snaiks ho ham usse khā hī lete hai kyõkī nāīṭ kreviṅgs aisī hī hotī hai.
      Are you also on the list of people who look for snacks shortly after having dinner? Or after waking up in the middle of the night, do you also feel extreme hunger; then no matter what kind of snack it is, we eat it because night cravings are like this.

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Malvi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀼𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bubhukkhā), from Sanskrit बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

भूक (bhūkf

  1. hunger, craving (for food)
  2. deep desire
  3. lack, absence
  4. (by extension) poverty, destitution

Further reading edit

  • भूक”, in Malvi Dictionary, SIL International, 2017
  • डॉ॰ भगवतीलाल राजपुरोहित [Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit]; डॉ॰ प्रह्लाद चन्द्र जोशी [Prahlad Chandra Joshi] (2010), “भूक”, in मालवी - हिन्दी शब्दकोश [Malvi - Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), शिवाजी नगर, भोपाल [Shivaji Nagar, Bhopal]: माध्यमिक शिक्षा मण्डल परिसर [Madhyamik Shiksha Mandal Parisar], →ISBN, भू, page 263, column 2.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bubhukṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 526

Marathi edit

 भूक on Marathi Wikipedia

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘥𑘳𑘎 (bhuka), 𑘥𑘳𑘏 (bhukha), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀩𑀼𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bubhukkhā), from Sanskrit बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

भूक (bhūkf

  1. hunger, appetite

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “भूक”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 111.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “भूक”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 617
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “भूक”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2380.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bubhukṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 526

Old Marathi edit

Noun edit

भूक (bhūkaf

  1. Devanagari script form of 𑘥𑘳𑘎 (hunger)

References edit

  • Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “[3]”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999, page 521.