भिक्षा

Etymology

From Sanskrit भिक्षा (bhikṣā)

Noun

भिक्षा • (bhikṣā) f (Urdu spelling بھکشا‎)

1. alms, charity

   भूख ने भिक्षा माँगने पर उसे मज़बूर किया है

   Hunger forced him to ask for alms

See also

• भीख (bhīkh, “begging”)
• भिक्षु (bhikṣu, “beggar”)
• भिखारी (bhikhārī, “beggar”)

Etymology

From √ भज् "to wish to, to share or partake"

Noun

भिक्षा • (bhikṣā) f

1. alms, begging
2. wages
3. service

Derived terms

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

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 756