bokh
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Romani
Etymology
Inherited from Apabhramsa भुक्खा (bhukkhā), from Prakrit 𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bhukkhā), 𑀩𑀼𑀳𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (buhukkhā), 𑀩𑀼𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bubhukkhā), from Sanskrit बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā). Cognate with Gujarati ભૂખ (bhūkh), Sindhi بُک／बुख (bukh).
Pronunciation
Noun
bokh f (nominative plural bokha)
- hunger (need for food)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → German: Bock
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bubhukṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 526
- Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “bokh”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 33b
- Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i/e bokh, -a- ʒ. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 89b