बुभुक्षा

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā). Doublet of भूख (bhūkh).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʊ.bʱʊk.ʂɑː/,

बुभुक्षा • (bubhukṣā) f (Urdu spelling بُبُھکْشَا)

1. (formal, rare) hunger, appetite, wish to eat

   Synonyms: इश्तिहा (iśtihā), क्षुधा (kṣudhā), (more common) भूख (bhūkh)

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

Back-formation from बुभुक्षति (bubhukṣati, “wishes to eat”, desiderative) +‎ -आ (-ā), from the root भुज् (bhuj, “to enjoy, to eat”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bu.bʱuk.ʂɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /buˈbʱuk.ʂɑː/

बुभुक्षा • (bubhukṣā) stem, f

1. desire of enjoying anything
2. wish to eat, appetite, hunger

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:क्षुधा

• → Magadhi Prakrit:
  • → Assamese: ভোক (bhük)
  • → Bengali: ভুখ (bhukh)
  • → Chittagonian: ভোখ (bukh)
  • → Odia: ଭୋକ (bhōkå)
  • → Rohingya: búk
  • → Sylheti: ꠜꠥꠇ (búx)
• → Prakrit: 𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bhukkhā)
  • Apabhramsa: भुक्खा (bhukkhā)
    • Assamese: ভোক (bhük)
    • Bengali: ভুখ (bhukh)
    • Braj: भूखौ (bhūkhau)
    • Chittagonian: ভোখ (bukh)
    • Gujarati: ભૂખ (bhūkh)
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: भूख (bhūkh), भूक (bhūk)

      Urdu: بُھوک (bhūk)

    • Malvi: भूक (bhūk)
    • Old Marathi:

      Devanagari script: भुख (bhukha), भूक (bhūka), भूख (bhūkha)

      Modi script: 𑘥𑘳𑘎 (bhuka), 𑘥𑘳𑘏 (bhukha)

      • Marathi: भूक (bhūk)
    • Nimadi: भूख (bhūkh)
    • Odia: ଭୋକ (bhoka)
    • Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi script: ਭੁੱਖ (bhukkha)

      Shahmukhi script: بُھکّھ (bhukkh)

    • Rohingya: búk
    • Romani: bokh
      • → German: Bock
    • Sindhi:

      Arabic script: بُک

      Devanagari script: बुख

• → Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀩𑀼𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bubhukkhā), 𑀩𑀼𑀳𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (buhukkhā), 𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bhukkhā)
• → Paisaci Prakrit:
  • → Takka Apabhramsa:
    • → Punjabi:
      • → Gurmukhi script: ਭੁੱਖ (bhukkha)
      • → Shahmukhi script: بُھکّھ (bhukkh)
  • → Vracada Apabhramsa:
    • → Sindhi:
      • → Devanagari script: बुख
      • → Arabic script: بُک
• → Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀩𑀼𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bubhukkhā), 𑀩𑀼𑀳𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (buhukkhā), 𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bhukkhā)
• → Assamese: বুভুক্ষা (bubhukha) (learned)
• → Bengali: বুভুক্ষা (bubhukkha) (learned)
• → Hindustani:
  • → Hindi: बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā) (learned)
  • → Urdu: بُبُھکْشَا (bubhukṣā) (learned)
• → Malayalam: ബുഭുക്ഷ (bubhukṣa) (learned)
• → Marathi: बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā) (learned)
• → Odia: ବୁଭୁକ୍ଷା (bubhukṣā) (learned)
• → Sinhalese: බූභුක්‍ෂාව (būbhukṣāwa) (learned)
• → Telugu: బుభుక్ష (bubhukṣa) (learned)

• Monier Williams (1899) “बुभुक्षा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 735, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bubhukṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “बुभुक्षा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan