बुभुक्षा

Hindi

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

बुभुक्षा • (bubhukṣā) f (Urdu spelling بُبُھکْشَا‎)

(formal, rare) hunger, appetite, wish to eat
Synonyms: इश्तिहा (iśtihā), क्षुधा (kṣudhā), (more common) भूख (bhūkh)

Declension of बुभुक्षा (fem ā-stem)

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 [Varanasi]: 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”).

बुभुक्षा • (bubhukṣā) f

Feminine ā-stem declension of बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	बुभुक्षा bubhukṣā	बुभुक्षे bubhukṣe	बुभुक्षाः bubhukṣāḥ
Vocative	बुभुक्षे bubhukṣe	बुभुक्षे bubhukṣe	बुभुक्षाः bubhukṣāḥ
Accusative	बुभुक्षाम् bubhukṣām	बुभुक्षे bubhukṣe	बुभुक्षाः bubhukṣāḥ
Instrumental	बुभुक्षया / बुभुक्षा¹ bubhukṣayā / bubhukṣā¹	बुभुक्षाभ्याम् bubhukṣābhyām	बुभुक्षाभिः bubhukṣābhiḥ
Dative	बुभुक्षायै bubhukṣāyai	बुभुक्षाभ्याम् bubhukṣābhyām	बुभुक्षाभ्यः bubhukṣābhyaḥ
Ablative	बुभुक्षायाः bubhukṣāyāḥ	बुभुक्षाभ्याम् bubhukṣābhyām	बुभुक्षाभ्यः bubhukṣābhyaḥ
Genitive	बुभुक्षायाः bubhukṣāyāḥ	बुभुक्षयोः bubhukṣayoḥ	बुभुक्षाणाम् bubhukṣāṇām
Locative	बुभुक्षायाम् bubhukṣāyām	बुभुक्षयोः bubhukṣayoḥ	बुभुक्षासु bubhukṣāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: ভোক (bhük)
- Bengali: ভুখ (bhukh)
- Chittagonian: ভোখ (bukh)
- Oriya: ଭୋକ (bhokô)
- Rohingya: búk
- Sylheti: ꠜꠥꠇ (búx)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀩𑀼𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bubhukkhā)
Paisaci Prakrit:
- Takka Apabhramsa:
  - Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi: ਭੁੱਖ (bhukkha)
    
    Shahmukhi: بُھکّھ‎ (bhukkh)
- Vracada Apabhramsa:
  - Sindhi:
    Arabic: بُک‎
    
    Devanagari: बुख
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀩𑀼𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bubhukkhā) (see there for further descendants)
→ Assamese: বুভুক্ষা (bubhukha) (learned)
→ Bengali: বুভুক্ষা (bubhukṣa) (learned)
→ Hindustani: (learned)
Hindi: बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā)

Urdu: بُبُھکْشَا‎ (bubhukṣā)
→ Malayalam: ബുഭുക്ഷ (bubhukṣa) (learned)
→ Marathi: बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā) (learned)
→ Oriya: ବୁଭୁକ୍ଷା (bubhukṣa) (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

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