بھکھ

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀼𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bubhukkhā), from Sanskrit बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā). Western Indo-Aryan cognates include Marwari भूख (bhūkh) / 𑅫𑅒𑅖 (bhukh), Gujarati ભૂખ (bhūkh), Malvi भूक (bhukh), Nimadi भूख (bhūkh).

بُھکھ (bhukh) f

1. hunger, appetite
2. avarice, greed

• Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 84.
• Javaid Rahi (2015) “بُھکھ”, in گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 209, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bubhukṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 526

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, Marathi भीक (bhīk), Nepali भिख (bhikh), Maithili भीख (bhīkh) / 𑒦𑒲𑒐 (bhīkha), Odia ଭିକ (bhika), ଭିଖ (bhikha), Bengali ভিখ (bhikh), Sinhalese බික් (bik).

بھِکّھ • (bhikkh) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਿੱਖ)

1. alms, begging, mendicancy

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhikkh”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 540