As a Hindi name
भूकाक · noun · masculine
एक प्रकार का छोटा कंक या बाज · नीला कबूतर · क्रौंच पक्षी — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "भूकाक" is भूक + -आक: भूक means "Hole, cavity, chasm", and the suffix -आक forms doing habitually, efficiently (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(7) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "भूकाक" is भूकना + -आक: भूकना means "= bhauṅknā, q.v", and the suffix -आक forms doing habitually, efficiently (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(7) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘earth-crow’, N. of sev. birds (a species of heron; the curlew; a species of pigeon)
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Dictionary citations
bhū—kāka m. ‘earth-crow’, N. of sev. birds (a species of heron; the curlew; a species of pigeon), L.
bhūkāka m. (-kaḥ) A small kind of heron. E. bhū earth, and kāka a crow.
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