# बुभुक्षा
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā). Doublet of भूख (bhūkh).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bʊ.bʱʊk.ʂɑː/, [bʊ.bʱʊk.ʃäː]

### Noun

बुभुक्षा • (bubhukṣā) f (Urdu spelling بُبُھکْشَا)
* (formal, rare) hunger, appetite, wish to eat
    Synonyms: इश्तिहा (iśtihā), क्षुधा (kṣudhā), (more common) भूख (bhūkh)

#### Declension
### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बुभुक्षा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बुभुक्षा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* Platts, John T. (1884) “बुभुक्षा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* বুভুক্ষা (Assamese script)
* ᬩᬸᬪᬸᬓ᭄ᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
* বুভুক্ষা (Bengali script)
* 𑰤𑰲𑰥𑰲𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀩𑀼𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* ဗုဘုက္ၑာ (Burmese script)
* બુભુક્ષા (Gujarati script)
* ਬੁਭੁਕ੍ਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌬𑍁𑌭𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦧꦸꦨꦸꦏ꧀ꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂥𑂳𑂦𑂳𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ಬುಭುಕ್ಷಾ (Kannada script)
* ពុភុក្ឞា (Khmer script)
* ພຸຠຸກ຺ຩາ (Lao script)
* ബുഭുക്ഷാ (Malayalam script)
* ᠪᡠᢨᡠᡬᢢᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘤𑘳𑘥𑘳𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠤᠪᠾᠤᢉᢔᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧄𑧔𑧅𑧔𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐧𑐸𑐨𑐸𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
* ବୁଭୁକ୍ଷା (Odia script)
* ꢨꢸꢩꢸꢒ꣄ꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆧𑆶𑆨𑆶𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖤𑖲𑖥𑖲𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
* බුභුක්‍ෂා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩲𑩒𑩳𑩒𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚠𑚰𑚡𑚰𑚊𑚶𑚭 (Takri script)
* பு³பு⁴க்ஷா (Tamil script)
* బుభుక్షా (Telugu script)
* พุภุกฺษา (Thai script)
* བུ་བྷུ་ཀྵཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒥𑒳𑒦𑒳𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨠𑨃𑨡𑨃𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Back-formation from बुभुक्षति (bubhukṣati, “wishes to eat”, desiderative) +‎ -आ (-ā), from the root भुज् (bhuj, “to enjoy, to eat”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bu.bʱuk.ʂɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /bu.bʱuk.ʂɑː/

### Noun

बुभुक्षा • (bubhukṣā) stem, f
* desire of enjoying anything
* wish to eat, appetite, hunger
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:क्षुधा

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas

#### Descendants

* Prakrit: 𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bhukkhā)
** Apabhramsa: भुक्खा (bhukkhā)
*** Assamese: ভোক (bhük)
*** Bengali: ভুখ (bhukh)
*** Braj: भूखौ (bhūkhau)
*** Chittagonian: ভোখ (bukh)
*** Gujarati: ભૂખ (bhūkh)
*** Hindustani:
    Hindi: भूख (bhūkh), भूक (bhūk)
    Urdu: بُھوک (bhūk)
*** Malvi: भूक (bhūk)
*** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: भुख (bhukha), भूक (bhūka), भूख (bhūkha)
    Modi script: 𑘥𑘳𑘎 (bhuka), 𑘥𑘳𑘏 (bhukha)
**** Marathi: भूक (bhūk)
*** Nimadi: भूख (bhūkh)
*** Odia: ଭୋକ (bhoka)
*** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਭੁੱਖ (bhukkha)
    Shahmukhi script: بُھکّھ (bhukkh)
*** Rohingya: búk
*** Romani: bokh
**** → German: Bock
*** Sindhi:
    Arabic script: بُک
    Devanagari script: बुख
* → Assamese: বুভুক্ষা (bubhukha) (learned)
* → Bengali: বুভুক্ষা (bubhukkha) (learned)
* → Hindustani:
** → Hindi: बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā) (learned)
** → Urdu: بُبُھکْشَا (bubhukṣā) (learned)
* → Malayalam: ബുഭുക്ഷ (bubhukṣa) (learned)
* → Marathi: बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā) (learned)
* → Odia: ବୁଭୁକ୍ଷା (bubhukṣā) (learned)
* → Sinhalese: බූභුක්‍ෂාව (būbhukṣāwa) (learned)
* → Telugu: బుభుక్ష (bubhukṣa) (learned)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “बुभुक्षा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 735, column 1.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bubhukṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “बुभुक्षा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan