ভিখ

Bengali

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, Punjabi ਭਿੱਖ / بھِکّھ (bhikkh), Marathi भीक (bhīk), Nepali भिख (bhikh), Maithili भीख (bhīkh) / 𑒦𑒲𑒐 (bhīkha), Odia ଭିକ (bhikô), ଭିଖ (bhikhô), Sinhalese බික් (bik).

Noun

ভিখ • (bhikh)

1. alms, begging, mendicancy
   • 1980, Imadādula Haka Milana, Nirannera kāla‎^[1], Dhaka: Book Society, →OCLC, page 111:

     বুলবুলি ভিখ মাগতে যেতে পারে না।

     bulbuli bhikh magotoe jete pare na.

     Bulbuli cannot go begging for alms.

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhikṣāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 540
• Biswas, Sailendra (2000) “ভিখ”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3^rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC, page 816.