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 Hindi) 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)