dubbhikkha

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• 𑀤𑀼𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔 (Brahmi script)
• दुब्भिक्ख (Devanagari script)
• দুব্ভিক্খ (Bengali script)
• දුබ‍්භික‍්ඛ (Sinhalese script)
• ဒုဗ္ဘိက္ခ or ၻုၿ္ꧤိၵ္ၶ or ၻုၿ်ꧤိၵ်ၶ (Burmese script)
• ทุพฺภิกฺข or ทุพภิกขะ (Thai script)
• ᨴᩩᨻ᩠ᨽᩥᨠ᩠ᨡ (Tai Tham script)
• ທຸພ຺ຠິກ຺ຂ or ທຸພຠິກຂະ (Lao script)
• ទុព្ភិក្ខ (Khmer script)
• 𑄘𑄪𑄝𑄴𑄞𑄨𑄇𑄴𑄈 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dews-?

Proto-Indo-European *dus-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *duš-

Sanskrit दुस्- (dus-)

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-

Sanskrit भज् (bhaj)

Sanskrit भिक्ष् (bhikṣ)

Sanskrit -आ (-ā)

Sanskrit भिक्षा (bhikṣā)

Sanskrit दुर्भिक्ष (durbhikṣa)

Pali dubbhikkha

Inherited from Sanskrit दुर्भिक्ष (durbhikṣa). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔 (dubbhikkha).

Noun

dubbhikkha n

1. famine

Declension

Declension table of "dubbhikkha" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	dubbhikkhaṃ	dubbhikkhāni
Accusative (second)	dubbhikkhaṃ	dubbhikkhāni
Instrumental (third)	dubbhikkhena	dubbhikkhehi or dubbhikkhebhi
Dative (fourth)	dubbhikkhassa or dubbhikkhāya or dubbhikkhatthaṃ	dubbhikkhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dubbhikkhasmā or dubbhikkhamhā or dubbhikkhā	dubbhikkhehi or dubbhikkhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	dubbhikkhassa	dubbhikkhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dubbhikkhasmiṃ or dubbhikkhamhi or dubbhikkhe	dubbhikkhesu
Vocative (calling)	dubbhikkha	dubbhikkhāni

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “dubbhikkha”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 504
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “durbhikṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 368