भूख bhūkh

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.