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Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit *𑀩𑀼𑀳𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀅 (*buhukkhaa), from Sanskrit *बुभुक्षक (bubhukṣaka, “desiring to eat”), a back-formation from बुभुक्षति (bubhukṣati, “to desire to eat”) + -अक (-aka, “doer”). By surface analysis, بُھوک (bhūk, “hunger”) + ـا (-ā).
Cognate with Braj भूखौ (bhūkhau).
Pronunciation
Adjective
بُھوکا • (bhūkā) (Hindi spelling भूखा)
- hungry
- starved
- (colloquial) stingy, needy
- (figuratively) seeking (ie. hungry for)
Declension
Noun
بُھوکا • (bhūkā) m (Hindi spelling भूखा)
- same as adjective, above
Declension
Further reading
- “بھوکا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “بھوکا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بھوکا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*bubhukṣaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 526