भूख

See also: भूखे, भूखा, and भीख

Hindi

Etymology

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

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱuːkʰ/

Noun

भूख • (bhūkh) f (Urdu spelling بُھوک)

1. appetite, hunger

   क्या तुम्हें भूख लग रही है?

   kyā tumhẽ bhūkh lag rahī hai?

   Are you feeling hungry?

2. craving (for food)

Declension

Declension of भूख (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भूख bhūkh	भूखें bhūkhẽ
oblique	भूख bhūkh	भूखों bhūkhõ
vocative	भूख bhūkh	भूखो bhūkho

See also

• प्यास (pyās, “thirst”)

References

• 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

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀼𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bubhukkhā), from Sanskrit बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā). Cognate with Malvi भूक (bhūk), Gujarati ભૂખ (bhūkh).

Noun

भूख (bhūkh) f

1. hunger
2. craving (for food)