भूख bhūkh

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This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

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  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

Desire of eating, appetite, hunger.
Desire of enjoying anything, craving.

Usual translation

  1. hunger

Origin of the definition

भूख bhūkha bhu:kh (nf) hunger, appetite; desire; -हड़ताल hunger strike; -प्यास न लगना/मर जाना to have neither thirst nor hunger, to be too perturbed to think of food or drink; -मिटना to satisfy one's hunger/desire; -भली कि पतोहू की जूठ/-में गूलर भी पकवान/-में चने भी मखाने hungry dogs will eat dirty pudding; hunger is the best sauce; भूखों मरना to starve, to famish.

H بهوكهہ भूख bhūkh [S. बुभुक्षा, desid. of rt. भुज्], s.f. Desire of eating, appetite, hunger; desire of enjoying anything, craving (for, -kī): — bhūkh-piyās, s.f. Hunger and thirst; desire for food, appetite; — bhūkh-piyās mārnā (-kī), To repress (one's) appetite; to mortify (oneself): — bhūkh lagnā (-ko), To feel hunger, be hungry, have an appetite: — bhūkh-muʼā, s.m. Famished or starving person, starveling; greedy person: — bhūkh marnā, v.n. Hunger or appetite to pass away.

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Mamma

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Created
Wednesday 16 March 2022
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Wednesday 26 February 2025