ભીખ

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bhikkhā), from Sanskrit भिक्षा (bhikṣā́). Cognate with 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), Bengali ভিখ (bhikh), Sinhalese බික් (bik).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʱikʰ/

Noun

ભીખ • (bhīkh) f

1. begging, alms
   • 1988, Virajvahu‎^[1], Ravani, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 96:

     આજ તે ચાંડાળને ઘેર ભીખ માગવા આવી હતી.

     āja te cā̃ḍāḷne gher bhīkh māgvā āvī hatī.

     Today she came to Chandal's house to beg for alms.

Further reading

• “ભીખ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhikṣāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 540