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Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀼𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bubhukkhā), from Sanskrit बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā). Cognate with Punjabi ਭੁੱਖ (bhukkha)/بُھکّھ (bhukkh), Odia ଭୋକ (bhoka), Marathi भूक (bhūk), Gujarati ભૂખ (bhūkh), Bengali ভুখ (bhukh). Doublet of بُبُھکْشَا (bubhukṣā).
Pronunciation
Noun
بُھوک • (bhūk) f (Hindi spelling भूख)
- appetite, hunger
کْیَا تُمْہیں بُھوک لَگِی ہَے ؟- kyā tumhẽ bhūk lagī hai?
- Are you hungry?
- craving (for food)
- Synonym: اِشْتِہَا (ištehā)
Declension
| Declension of بھوک
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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بُھوک (bhūk)
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بُھوکیں (bhūkẽ)
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| oblique
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بُھوک (bhūk)
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بُھوکوں (bhūkõ)
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| vocative
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بُھوک (bhūk)
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بُھوکو (bhūko)
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See also
References
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بهوک”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bubhukṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press