بھکھ
Gojri
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀼𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bubhukkhā), from Sanskrit बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā). Cognate with Marwari भूख (bhūkh) / 𑅫𑅒𑅖 (bhukh), Gujarati ભૂખ (bhūkh), Malvi भूक (bhukh), Nimadi भूख (bhūkh).
Noun
بُھکھ (bhukh) f
- hunger, appetite
- avarice, greed
Further reading
- Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 84.
- Javaid Rahi (2015), “بُھکھ”, in گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 209, column 1.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bubhukṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 526
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bhikkhā), from Sanskrit भिक्षा (bhikṣā́). Cognate with Gujarati ભીખ (bhīkh), Hindi भीख (bhīkh), भीक (bhīk), Urdu بِھیک (bhīk), Sindhi بِيکَ / बीख, Marathi भीक (bhīk), Nepali भिख (bhikh), Maithili भीख (bhīkh) / 𑒦𑒲𑒐 (bhīkha), Oriya ଭିକ (bhikô), ଭିଖ (bhikhô), Bengali ভিখ (bhikhô), Sinhalese බික් (bik).
Noun
بھِکّھ • (bhikkh) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਿੱਖ)
- alms, begging, mendicancy
Declension
| Declension of بھکھ | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | بھِکّھ (bhikkh) | |
| dir. pl. | بھِکّھاں (bhikkhāṉ) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | بھِکّھ (bhikkh) | بھِکّھاں (bhikkhāṉ) |
| oblique | بھِکّھ (bhikkh) | بھِکّھاں (bhikkhāṉ) |
| vocative | بھِکّھے (bhikkhe) | بھِکّھو (bhikkho) |
| ablative | بھِکّھوں (bhikkhoṉ) | — |
| locative | بھِکّھے (bhikkhe) | بھِکّھِیں (bhikkhīṉ) |
| instrumental | بھِکّھے (bhikkhe) | بھِکّھیں (bhikkheṉ) |
Further reading
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bhikkh”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 540