भिक्षा

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भिक्षा (bhikṣā). Doublet of भीख (bhīkh).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bʱɪk.ʂɑː/, [bʱɪk.ʃäː]

Noun

भिक्षा • (bhikṣā) f

begging, alms, charity
Synonym: भीख (bhīkh)

Declension

Declension of भिक्षा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भिक्षा bhikṣā	भिक्षाएँ bhikṣāẽ
oblique	भिक्षा bhikṣā	भिक्षाओं bhikṣāõ
vocative	भिक्षा bhikṣā	भिक्षाओ bhikṣāo

Related terms

भिक्षु (bhikṣu)
भिक्षुक (bhikṣuk)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ভিক্ষা (Assamese script)
ᬪᬶᬓ᭄ᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
ভিক্ষা (Bengali script)
𑰥𑰰𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ဘိက္ၑာ (Burmese script)
ભિક્ષા (Gujarati script)
ਭਿਕ੍ਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌭𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦨꦶꦏ꧀ꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂦𑂱𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಭಿಕ್ಷಾ (Kannada script)
ភិក្ឞា (Khmer script)
ຠິກ຺ຩາ (Lao script)
ഭിക്ഷാ (Malayalam script)
ᢨᡳᡬᢢᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘥𑘱𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠪᠾᠢᢉᢔᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧅𑧒𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐨𑐶𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
ଭିକ୍ଷା (Odia script)
ꢩꢶꢒ꣄ꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆨𑆴𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖥𑖰𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
භික්‍ෂා (Sinhalese script)
𑩳𑩑𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚡𑚮𑚊𑚶𑚭 (Takri script)
பி⁴க்ஷா (Tamil script)
భిక్షా (Telugu script)
ภิกฺษา (Thai script)
བྷི་ཀྵཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒦𑒱𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨡𑨁𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Nominalised from भिक्षते (bhikṣate, “to beg, obtain”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰikṣati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰikšati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰih₂g-s-eti, i-grade desiderative of *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide”), with semantic shift.

Noun

भिक्षा • (bhikṣā) stem, f

Derived terms

भिक्षासङ्घाटी (bhikṣāsaṅghāṭī, “mendicant's clothes, a beggar's raiment”)
भिक्षाचर्या (bhikṣācaryā, “the beggar's way of life”)
भिक्षाभाव (bhikṣābhāva, “monkhood, priesthood”)

Descendants

→ Lao: ພິກສາ (phik sā)
Maharastri Prakrit:
- Old Marathi: भीक (bhīka)
  - Marathi: भीक (bhīk)
Pali: bhikkhā
- → Khmer: ភិក្ខា (phɨkkhaa)
- → Thai: ภิกขา
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bhikkhā)
- Gujarati: ભીખ (bhīkh)
- Hindi: भीख (bhīkh)
- Punjabi: ਭਿੱਖ (bhikkha)
→ Tamil: பிச்சை (piccai)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “भिक्षा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 756.

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