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Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bhikkhā), from Sanskrit भिक्षा (bhikṣā́). Cognate with Gujarati ભીખ (bhīkh), Hindi भीख (bhīkh), भीक (bhīk), Urdu بِھیک (bhīk), Sindhi بِيکَ / बीख, Punjabi ਭਿੱਖ / بھِکّھ (bhikkh), Marathi भीक (bhīk), Nepali भिख (bhikh), Maithili भीख (bhīkh) / 𑒦𑒲𑒐 (bhīkha), Odia ଭିକ (bhika), ଭିଖ (bhikha), Sinhalese බික් (bik).
Noun
ভিখ • (bhikh)
- alms, begging, mendicancy
1980, Imadādula Haka Milana, Nirannera kāla, Dhaka: Book Society, →OCLC, page 111:বুলবুলি ভিখ মাগতে যেতে পারে না।- bulbuli bhikh magotoe jete pare na.
- Bulbuli cannot go begging for alms.
Further reading
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhikṣāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 540
- Biswas, Sailendra (2000) “ভিখ”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC, page 816.