भीख

See also: भाखा, भीखों, भीखें, भूख, भूखा, भूखी, and भूखे

Hindi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-
    Sanskrit भज् (bhaj)
    Sanskrit भिक्ष् (bhikṣ)
    Sanskrit -आ (-ā)
    Sanskrit भि॒क्षा (bhikṣā́)
    Prakrit 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bhikkhā)
    Hindi भीख (bhīkh)

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bhikkhā), from Sanskrit भि॒क्षा (bhikṣā́), from भिक्ष् (bhikṣ) + -आ (-ā). Doublet of भिक्षा (bhikṣā).

    Pronunciation

    • (Delhi) IPA(key): /bʱiːkʰ/

    Noun

    भीख • (bhīkh) f (Urdu spelling بھیک)

    1. begging, alms
      Synonym: भिक्षा (bhikṣā)
      भीख माँगना ― bhīkh māṅgnā ― to beg for alms
      • 1880 – 1936, Premchand, संग्राम:
        अब तो भिखारी को भीख देना भी लोगों को अखरता है।
        ab to bhikhārī ko bhīkh denā bhī logõ ko akhartā hai.
        Now even giving alms to a beggar feels bad to people.
      • 2021, 9789354583148, सफर आसां न था [saphar āsā̃ na thā, The journey was not easy], Pencil, →ISBN, page 72:
        राजनीति का बना अखाड़ा, घर अबला की चीखों का,
        फिर से मौसम सा बन आया, वोटबैंक की भीखों का।
        rājnīti kā banā akhāṛā, ghar ablā kī cīkhõ kā,
        phir se mausam sā ban āyā, voṭba͠ik kī bhīkhõ kā.
        Became the arena of politics, the house of the screams of the woman;
        again it became the season of beggings of vote bank.

    Declension

    Declension of भीख (fem cons-stem)
    singular plural
    direct भीख
    bhīkh     		भीखें
    bhīkhẽ
    oblique भीख
    bhīkh     		भीखों
    bhīkhõ
    vocative भीख
    bhīkh     		भीखो
    bhīkho

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