dubbhikkha
Pali
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- 𑀤𑀼𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔 (Brahmi script)
- दुब्भिक्ख (Devanagari script)
- দুব্ভিক্খ (Bengali script)
- දුබ්භික්ඛ (Sinhalese script)
- ဒုဗ္ဘိက္ခ or ၻုၿ္ꧤိၵ္ၶ or ၻုၿ်ꧤိၵ်ၶ (Burmese script)
- ทุพฺภิกฺข or ทุพภิกขะ (Thai script)
- ᨴᩩᨻ᩠ᨽᩥᨠ᩠ᨡ (Tai Tham script)
- ທຸພ຺ຠິກ຺ຂ or ທຸພຠິກຂະ (Lao script)
- ទុព្ភិក្ខ (Khmer script)
- 𑄘𑄪𑄝𑄴𑄞𑄨𑄇𑄴𑄈 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Sanskrit दुर्भिक्ष (durbhikṣa). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔 (dubbhikkha).
Noun
dubbhikkha n
Declension
Declension table of "dubbhikkha" (neuter)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | dubbhikkhaṃ | dubbhikkhāni |
| Accusative (second) | dubbhikkhaṃ | dubbhikkhāni |
| Instrumental (third) | dubbhikkhena | dubbhikkhehi or dubbhikkhebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | dubbhikkhassa or dubbhikkhāya or dubbhikkhatthaṃ | dubbhikkhānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | dubbhikkhasmā or dubbhikkhamhā or dubbhikkhā | dubbhikkhehi or dubbhikkhebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | dubbhikkhassa | dubbhikkhānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | dubbhikkhasmiṃ or dubbhikkhamhi or dubbhikkhe | dubbhikkhesu |
| Vocative (calling) | dubbhikkha | dubbhikkhāni |
References
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “dubbhikkha”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead, page 504
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “durbhikṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 368