भूखौ

Braj

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *बुहुक्खव ~ *बुहुक्खअ (buhukkhava ~ buhukkhaa), from Sanskrit *बुभुक्षक (bubhukṣaka, “desiring to eat”), a back-formation from बुभुक्षति (bubhukṣati, “to desire to eat”) + -अक (-aka, “doer”). Cognate with Hindi भूखा (bhūkhā).

Adjective

भूखौ (bhūkhau)

1. hungry, starving
   • Gokulnāth/Harirāy, Caurāsī vaiṣṇavan kī vārtā :

     तीन दिन कौ भूखौ बैठो है

     tīn din kau bhūkhau baiṭho hai

     • 1991 translation by Rupert Snell

       he has been sitting [there] hungry for three days

Declension

Declension of भूखौ
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	भूखौ (bhūkhau)	भूखे (bhūkhe)		भूखी (bhūkhī)	भूखी (bhūkhī)
indirect	भूखे (bhūkhe)	भूखे (bhūkhe)		भूखी (bhūkhī)	भूखी (bhūkhī)
vocative	भूखे (bhūkhe)	भूखे (bhūkhe)		भूखी (bhūkhī)	भूखी (bhūkhī)