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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bhikkhā), from Sanskrit भि॒क्षा (bhikṣā́), from भिक्ष् (bhikṣ) + -आ (-ā). Doublet of भिक्षा (bhikṣā).
Pronunciation
Noun
भीख • (bhīkh) f (Urdu spelling بھیک)
- begging, alms
- Synonym: भिक्षा (bhikṣā)
- भीख माँगना ― bhīkh māṅgnā ― to beg for alms
1880 – 1936,
Premchand,
संग्राम :
- अब तो भिखारी को भीख देना भी लोगों को अखरता है।
- ab to bhikhārī ko bhīkh denā bhī logõ ko akhartā hai.
- Now even giving alms to a beggar feels bad to people.
2021, 9789354583148, सफर आसां न था [saphar āsā̃ na thā, The journey was not easy], Pencil, →ISBN, page 72:राजनीति का बना अखाड़ा, घर अबला की चीखों का,
फिर से मौसम सा बन आया, वोटबैंक की भीखों का।- rājnīti kā banā akhāṛā, ghar ablā kī cīkhõ kā,
phir se mausam sā ban āyā, voṭba͠ik kī bhīkhõ kā. - Became the arena of politics, the house of the screams of the woman;
again it became the season of beggings of vote bank.
Declension
Declension of भीख (fem cons-stem)
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plural
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भीख
bhīkh
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भीखें
bhīkhẽ
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| oblique
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भीख
bhīkh
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भीखों
bhīkhõ
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| vocative
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भीख
bhīkh
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भीखो
bhīkho
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Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भीख”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 768
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “भीख”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 482.
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “भीख”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3661
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “भीख”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 554
- Platts, John T. (1884) “भीख”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 200
- “भीख”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.