भिक्षा

भिक्षा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भिक्षा (bhikṣā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʱɪk.ʃɑː/

Noun

भिक्षा • (bhikṣā) f

1. begging, alms, charity

   Synonym: भीख (bhīkh)

Related terms

• भिक्षु (bhikṣu), भिक्षुक (bhikṣuk, “beggar”)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From √ भज् "to wish to, to share or partake"

Noun

भिक्षा • (bhikṣā) f

1. alms, begging
2. wages
3. service

Descendants

• → Lao: ພິກສາ (phik sā)
• Maharastri Prakrit: [Term?]
  • Old Marathi: भीक (bhīka)
    • Marathi: भीक (bhīk)
• Pali: bhikkhā
  • → Khmer: ភិក្ខា (phɨkkhaa)
  • → Thai: ภิกขา
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bhikkhā)
  • Gujarati: ભીખ (bhīkh)
  • Hindi: भीख (bhīkh)
  • Punjabi: ਭਿੱਖ (bhikh)
• → Tamil: பிச்சை (piccai)

Derived terms

• भिक्षासङ्घाटी (bhikṣāsaṅghāṭī, “mendicant's clothes, a beggar's raiment”)
• भिक्षाचर्या (bhikṣācaryā, “the beggar's way of life”)
• भिक्षाभाव (bhikṣābhāva, “monkhood, priesthood”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “भिक्षा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 756.