بھوکا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀩𑀼𑀳𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀅 (*buhukkhaa), from Sanskrit *बुभुक्षक (bubhukṣaka, “desiring to eat”), a back-formation from बुभुक्षति (bubhukṣati, “to desire to eat”) + -अक (-aka, “doer”). By surface analysis, بُھوک (bhūk, “hunger”) +‎ ـا (-ā).

Cognate with Braj भूखौ (bhūkhau).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bʱuː.kɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: بُھو‧کا

Adjective

بُھوکا • (bhūkā) (Hindi spelling भूखा)

1. hungry
2. starved
3. (colloquial) stingy, needy
4. (figuratively) seeking (ie. hungry for)

Declension

Declension of بھوکا
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	بُھوکا (bhūkā)	بُھوکے (bhūke)		بُھوکی (bhūkī)	بُھوکی (bhūkī)
indirect	بُھوکے (bhūke)	بُھوکے (bhūke)		بُھوکی (bhūkī)	بُھوکی (bhūkī)

Noun

بُھوکا • (bhūkā) m (Hindi spelling भूखा)

1. same as adjective, above

Declension

Declension of بھوکا
	singular	plural
direct	بُھوکا (bhūkā)	بُھوکے (bhūke)
oblique	بُھوکے (bhūke)	بُھوکوں (bhūkõ)
vocative	بُھوکے (bhūke)	بُھوکو (bhūko)

Further reading

• “بھوکا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بھوکا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بھوکا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*bubhukṣaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 526