भिक्षा

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भिक्षा (bhikṣā).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱɪk.ʂɑː/, [bʱɪk.ʃäː]

Noun

भिक्षा • (bhikṣā) f

begging, alms, charity
Synonym: भीख (bhīkh)

Related terms

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

Sanskrit

Etymology

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

Noun

भिक्षा • (bhikṣā) stem, f

Descendants

→ Lao: ພິກສາ (phik sā)
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- Old Marathi: भीक (bhīka)
  - Marathi: भीक (bhīk)
Pali: bhikkhā
- → Khmer: ភិក្ខា (phɨkkhaa)
- → Thai: ภิกขา
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- Gujarati: ભીખ (bhīkh)
- Hindi: भीख (bhīkh)
- Punjabi: ਭਿੱਖ (bhikkha)
→ 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, page 756.

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