भक्ष

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भक्ष (bhakṣá).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱəkʂ/, [bʱɐkʃ]

Noun

भक्ष • (bhakṣ) m

1. the act of eating
2. food

Declension

Declension of भक्ष (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भक्ष bhakṣ	भक्ष bhakṣ
oblique	भक्ष bhakṣ	भक्षों bhakṣõ
vocative	भक्ष bhakṣ	भक्षो bhakṣo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “भक्ष”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভক্ষ (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬓ᭄ᬱ (Balinese script)
• ভক্ষ (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰎𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀓𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
• ဘက္ၑ (Burmese script)
• ભક્ષ (Gujarati script)
• ਭਕ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦏ꧀ꦰ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂍𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
• ಭಕ್ಷ (Kannada script)
• ភក្ឞ (Khmer script)
• ຠກ຺ຩ (Lao script)
• ഭക്ഷ (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᠠᡬᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘎𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠠᢉᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑦮𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐎𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
• ଭକ୍ଷ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢒ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆑𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖎𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
• භක්‍ෂ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩜 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
• ப⁴க்ஷ (Tamil script)
• భక్ష (Telugu script)
• ภกฺษ (Thai script)
• བྷ་ཀྵ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒏𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨋𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰakš-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to distribute”). The Sanskrit root is भक्ष् (bhakṣ). Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬑𐬱𐬀- (baxša-), Persian بخش (baxš), Ancient Greek φᾰγεῖν (phageîn).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐk.ʂɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɐk.ʂɐ/

Noun

भक्ष • (bhakṣá) stem, m

1. eating, drinking
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
2. drink
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
3. food

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:खान

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भक्ष (bhakṣá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भक्षः bhakṣáḥ	भक्षौ / भक्षा¹ bhakṣaú / bhakṣā́¹	भक्षाः / भक्षासः¹ bhakṣā́ḥ / bhakṣā́saḥ¹
Vocative	भक्ष bhákṣa	भक्षौ / भक्षा¹ bhákṣau / bhákṣā¹	भक्षाः / भक्षासः¹ bhákṣāḥ / bhákṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative	भक्षम् bhakṣám	भक्षौ / भक्षा¹ bhakṣaú / bhakṣā́¹	भक्षान् bhakṣā́n
Instrumental	भक्षेण bhakṣéṇa	भक्षाभ्याम् bhakṣā́bhyām	भक्षैः / भक्षेभिः¹ bhakṣaíḥ / bhakṣébhiḥ¹
Dative	भक्षाय bhakṣā́ya	भक्षाभ्याम् bhakṣā́bhyām	भक्षेभ्यः bhakṣébhyaḥ
Ablative	भक्षात् bhakṣā́t	भक्षाभ्याम् bhakṣā́bhyām	भक्षेभ्यः bhakṣébhyaḥ
Genitive	भक्षस्य bhakṣásya	भक्षयोः bhakṣáyoḥ	भक्षाणाम् bhakṣā́ṇām
Locative	भक्षे bhakṣé	भक्षयोः bhakṣáyoḥ	भक्षेषु bhakṣéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: bhakkha
• Prakrit: 𑀪𑀓𑁆𑀔 (bhakkha)
• → Khmer: ភក្សា (phĕəʼksaa)
• → Hindi: भक्ष (bhakṣ) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “भक्ष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 742.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhakṣá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press