क्षुध्

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्षुध् (kṣudh).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʂʊd̪ʱ/, [kʃʊd̪ʱ]

Noun

क्षुध् • (kṣudh) f

1. (rare) hunger

   Synonyms: भूख (bhūkh), क्षुधा (kṣudhā), बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā), इश्तिहा (iśtihā)

Declension

Declension of क्षुध् (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	क्षुध् kṣudh	क्षुधें kṣudhẽ
oblique	क्षुध् kṣudh	क्षुधों kṣudhõ
vocative	क्षुध् kṣudh	क्षुधो kṣudho

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “क्षुध्”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ক্ষুধ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬓ᭄ᬱᬸᬥ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ক্ষুধ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰲𑰠𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀼𑀥𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• က္ၑုဓ် (Burmese script)
• ક્ષુધ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਕ੍ਸ਼ੁਧ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁𑌧𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦏ꧀ꦰꦸꦣ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂳𑂡𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಕ್ಷುಧ್ (Kannada script)
• ក្ឞុធ៑ (Khmer script)
• ກ຺ຩຸຘ຺ (Lao script)
• ക്ഷുധ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᢢᡠᢡ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘳𑘠𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢉᢔᠤᢑᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧔𑧀𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐸𑐢𑑂 (Newa script)
• କ୍ଷୁଧ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢒ꣄ꢰꢸꢤ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆶𑆣𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖲𑖠𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ක්‍ෂුධ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩒𑩮 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚶𑚰𑚜𑚶 (Takri script)
• க்ஷுத்⁴ (Tamil script)
• క్షుధ్ (Telugu script)
• กฺษุธฺ (Thai script)
• ཀྵུ་དྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒳𑒡𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨃𑨜𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćšudʰ- (“hunger; to be hungry”).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬱𐬎𐬜𐬆𐬨 (šuδəm, “hunger”), Middle Persian [script needed] (šwd, “hunger”), Ossetian суд (sud, “hunger”).

Pronunciation

for the noun:

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂúdʱ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʂud̪ʱ/

Noun

क्षुध् • (kṣúdh) stem, f

1. hunger

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:क्षुधा

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• क्षुधा (kṣudhā)

Root

क्षुध् • (kṣudh)

1. to be hungry

Derived terms

• क्षुध्यति (kṣúdhyati)
• क्षुधित (kṣudhita)
• क्षुधालु (kṣudhālu)

Descendants

• → Kannada: ಕ್ಷುತ್ತು (kṣuttu)
• → Tamil: க்ஷுத்து (kṣuttu)
• → Telugu: క్షుత్తు (kṣuttu)

Further reading

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “क्षुध्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Monier Williams (1899) “क्षुध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 331, column 2.