क्षुधा

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्षुधा (kṣudhā), which derives ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćšudʰ- (“hunger”).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kʂʊ.d̪ʱɑː/,

क्षुधा • (kṣudhā) f (Urdu spelling کْشُدَھا) (rare, formal)

1. hunger, appetite

   Synonyms: बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā), भूख (bhūkh)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क्षुधा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “क्षुधा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “क्षुधा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha

From क्षुध् (kṣúdh, “hunger”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćšudʰ- (“hunger”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂu.dʱɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkʂu.d̪ʱɑː/

क्षुधा • (kṣudhā) stem, f

1. hunger

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:क्षुधा

• Dardic:
  • Khowar: ݯھُوئی (c̣húi)
• Pali: khudā
• Prakrit: 𑀙𑀼𑀳𑀸 (chuhā), 𑀔𑀼𑀳𑀸 (khuhā) — Śaurasenī

Borrowed terms

• Monier Williams (1899) “क्षुधा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 311.