भूखौ
Braj
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit *बुहुक्खव ~ *बुहुक्खअ (buhukkhava ~ buhukkhaa), from Sanskrit *बुभुक्षक (*bubhukṣaka, “desiring to eat”), a back-formation from बुभुक्षति (bubhukṣati, “to desire to eat”) + -अक (-aka, “doer”). Cognate with Hindi भूखा (bhūkhā).
Adjective
भूखौ (bhūkhau)
- hungry, starving
- Gokulnāth/Harirāy, Caurāsī vaiṣṇavan kī vārtā:
- तीन दिन कौ भूखौ बैठो है
- tīn din kau bhūkhau baiṭho hai
- 1991 translation by Rupert Snell
- he has been sitting [there] hungry for three days
- तीन दिन कौ भूखौ बैठो है
Declension
| Declension of भूखौ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | भूखौ (bhūkhau) | भूखे (bhūkhe) | भूखी (bhūkhī) | भूखी (bhūkhī) | |
| indirect | भूखे (bhūkhe) | भूखे (bhūkhe) | भूखी (bhūkhī) | भूखी (bhūkhī) | |
| vocative | भूखे (bhūkhe) | भूखे (bhūkhe) | भूखी (bhūkhī) | भूखी (bhūkhī) | |