भक्ष

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भक्ष (bhakṣá).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱəkʂ/,

Noun

भक्ष • (bhakṣ) m

the act of eating
food

Declension

Declension of भक्ष (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भक्ष bhakṣ	भक्ष bhakṣ
oblique	भक्ष bhakṣ	भक्षों bhakṣõ
vocative	भक्ष bhakṣ	भक्षो bhakṣo

Further reading

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “भक्ष”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ভক্ষ (Assamese script)
ᬪᬓ᭄ᬱ (Balinese script)
ভক্ষ (Bengali script)
𑰥𑰎𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀪𑀓𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
ဘက္ၑ (Burmese script)
ભક્ષ (Gujarati script)
ਭਕ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
ꦨꦏ꧀ꦰ (Javanese script)
𑂦𑂍𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
ಭಕ್ಷ (Kannada script)
ភក្ឞ (Khmer script)
ຠກ຺ຩ (Lao script)
ഭക്ഷ (Malayalam script)
ᢨᠠᡬᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘥𑘎𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
ᠪᠾᠠᢉᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧅𑦮𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
𑐨𑐎𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
ଭକ୍ଷ (Odia script)
ꢩꢒ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
𑆨𑆑𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
𑖥𑖎𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
භක්‍ෂ (Sinhalese script)
𑩳𑩜 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
𑚡𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
ப⁴க்ஷ (Tamil script)
భక్ష (Telugu script)
ภกฺษ (Thai script)
བྷ་ཀྵ (Tibetan script)
𑒦𑒏𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
𑨡𑨋𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰakš-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to distribute”). The Sanskrit root is भक्ष् (bhakṣ). Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬑𐬱𐬀- (baxša-), Persian (baxš), Ancient Greek φᾰγεῖν (phageîn).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐk.ʂɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɐk.ʂɐ/

Noun

भक्ष • (bhakṣá) stem, m

eating, drinking
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
drink
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
food
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:खान

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भक्ष (bhakṣá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भक्षः bhakṣáḥ	भक्षौ / भक्षा¹ bhakṣaú / bhakṣā́¹	भक्षाः / भक्षासः¹ bhakṣā́ḥ / bhakṣā́saḥ¹
Vocative	भक्ष bhákṣa	भक्षौ / भक्षा¹ bhákṣau / bhákṣā¹	भक्षाः / भक्षासः¹ bhákṣāḥ / bhákṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative	भक्षम् bhakṣám	भक्षौ / भक्षा¹ bhakṣaú / bhakṣā́¹	भक्षान् bhakṣā́n
Instrumental	भक्षेण bhakṣéṇa	भक्षाभ्याम् bhakṣā́bhyām	भक्षैः / भक्षेभिः¹ bhakṣaíḥ / bhakṣébhiḥ¹
Dative	भक्षाय bhakṣā́ya	भक्षाभ्याम् bhakṣā́bhyām	भक्षेभ्यः bhakṣébhyaḥ
Ablative	भक्षात् bhakṣā́t	भक्षाभ्याम् bhakṣā́bhyām	भक्षेभ्यः bhakṣébhyaḥ
Genitive	भक्षस्य bhakṣásya	भक्षयोः bhakṣáyoḥ	भक्षाणाम् bhakṣā́ṇām
Locative	भक्षे bhakṣé	भक्षयोः bhakṣáyoḥ	भक्षेषु bhakṣéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Pali: bhakkha
Prakrit: 𑀪𑀓𑁆𑀔 (bhakkha)
→ Khmer: ភក្សា (phĕəʼksaa)
→ Hindi: भक्ष (bhakṣ) (learned)

Further reading

Monier Williams (1899) “भक्ष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 742.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhakṣá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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