बुभुक्षति

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
  • बुभुक्षते (bubhukṣate)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to enjoy, benefit”).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

बुभुक्षति • (bubhukṣati) third-singular present indicative (root भुज्, type P, desiderative)[2]

  1. to wish to eat, be hungry
  2. to wish to enjoy or partake of

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “4. bheug-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 153
  2. Monier Williams (1899) “बुभुक्षति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 759.
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