# भूक
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bʱuːk/

### Noun

भूक • (bhūk) f (Urdu spelling بُھوک)
* pronunciation spelling of भूख (bhūkh).
** 2021, हम सिर्फ़ कंप्रोमाइज़ करते हैं [we only compromise]‎:चल जा जल्दी बकरा काट के बना के ले आ .. पुलिसवालों को जल्दी भूक लगती हैcal jā jaldī bakrā kāṭ ke banā ke le ā .. pulisvālõ ko jaldī bhūk lagtī haiGo fast and cook a goat after cutting it quickly. Policemen get hungry [lit. feel hunger] soon.
** 2021 October 14, “आधी रात में खाना मतलब मोटापा को बुलाना, लेकिन अब ऐसा नहीं होगा, जाने क्यों [Eating in the middle of the night leads to obesity, but no longer so, know why]”, in Nandini Shukla, editor, News Nation‎, archived from the original on 22 October 2021:क्या आप भी उन लोगों की लिस्ट में शामिल हैं जो रात का खाना खाने के कुछ देर बाद स्नैक्स तलाशते हैं? या आधी रात में नींद खुलने के बाद आपको भी ज़ोरों की भूक लगती है फिर चाहे वो कैसा भी स्नैक्स हो हम उससे खा ही लेते है क्योंकी नाईट क्रेविंग्स ऐसी ही होती है.kyā āp bhī un logõ kī lisṭ mẽ śāmil ha͠i jo rāt kā khānā khāne ke kuch der bād snaiks talāśte ha͠i? yā ādhī rāt mẽ nīnd khulne ke bād āpko bhī zorõ kī bhūk lagtī hai phir cāhe vo kaisā bhī snaiks ho ham usse khā hī lete hai kyõkī nāīṭ kreviṅgs aisī hī hotī hai.Are you also on the list of people who look for snacks shortly after having dinner? Or after waking up in the middle of the night, do you also feel extreme hunger; then no matter what kind of snack it is, we eat it because night cravings are like this.

#### Declension
### References

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “भूक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3677
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भूक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 771

## Konkani
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bʱuːk]

### Noun

भूक • (bhūk) f (Latin script bhuk, Kannada script ಭೂಕ್)
* hunger

## Malvi
### Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀼𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bubhukkhā), from Sanskrit बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʰuk/
* Rhymes: -uk

### Noun

भूक (bhūk) f
* hunger, craving (for food)
* deep desire
* lack, absence
* (by extension) poverty, destitution

### Further reading

* “भूक”, in Malvi Dictionary, SIL International, 2017
* डॉ॰ भगवतीलाल राजपुरोहित [Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit], डॉ॰ प्रह्लाद चन्द्र जोशी [Prahlad Chandra Joshi] (2010) “भूक”, in मालवी - हिन्दी शब्दकोश [Malvi - Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), शिवाजी नगर, भोपाल [Shivaji Nagar, Bhopal]: माध्यमिक शिक्षा मण्डल परिसर [Madhyamik Shiksha Mandal Parisar], →ISBN, भू, page 263, column 2.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bubhukṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 526

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘥𑘳𑘎 (bhuka), 𑘥𑘳𑘏 (bhukha), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀩𑀼𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bubhukkhā), from Sanskrit बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʱuk/, [bʱuːk]
* Rhymes: -uk

### Noun

भूक • (bhūk) f
* hunger, appetite

#### Derived terms

* भूक असणे (bhūk asṇe, “to have an appetite”)
* भूक लागणे (bhūk lāgṇe, “to be hungry”)

### Further reading

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “भूक”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary‎, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 111
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “भूक”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 617
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “भूक”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2380.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bubhukṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 526

## Old Marathi
### Noun

भूक (bhūka) f
* Devanagari script form of 𑘥𑘳𑘎 (“hunger”)

### References

* Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “भूक”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan