भूखा

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Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *बुहुक्खअ (buhukkhaa), from Sanskrit *बुभुक्षक (bubhukṣaka, desiring to eat), a back-formation from बुभुक्षति (bubhukṣati, to desire to eat) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). By surface analysis, भूख (bhūkh) +‎ -आ ().

Cognate with Braj भूखौ (bhūkhau).

Pronunciation

Adjective

भूखा (bhūkhā) (Urdu spelling بھوکا)

  1. hungry, starving
  2. (figurative) desirous

Declension

Noun

भूखा (bhūkhām (Urdu spelling بھوکا)

  1. one who is hungry

Declension

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