भूख
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀼𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bubhukkhā), from Sanskrit बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā). Cognate with Punjabi ਭੁੱਖ (bhukkha) / بُھکّھ (bhukkh), Gujarati ભૂખ (bhūkh), Marathi भूक (bhūk), Bengali ভুখ (bhukh), Assamese ভোক (bhük). Doublet of बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
भूख • (bhūkh) f (Urdu spelling بُھوک)
- appetite, hunger
- क्या तुम्हें भूख लग रही है?
- kyā tumhẽ bhūkh lag rahī hai?
- Are you feeling hungry?
- craving (for food)
Declension edit
Declension of भूख (fem cons-stem)
See also edit
- प्यास (pyās, “thirst”)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भूख”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “भूख”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bubhukṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Nimadi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀼𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bubhukkhā), from Sanskrit बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā). Cognate with Malvi भूक (bhūk), Gujarati ભૂખ (bhūkh).
Noun edit
भूख (bhūkh) f