خراش

See also: حراس

Persian

Etymology

From the present stem form of خراشیدن (xarâšidan, “to scratch”). Related to Northern Luri کلاش (kelāš).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xa.ˈɾɑːʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.ɾɑ́ːʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.ɾɑ́ːʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xä.ɾɑ́ːʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xä.ɾɔ́ːʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæ.ɹɒ́ːʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χä.ɾɔ́ʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	xarāš
Dari reading?	xarāš
Iranian reading?	xarâš
Tajik reading?	xaroš

Noun

خراش • (xarâš)

1. scratch

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خَرَاش (xarāš).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xə.ɾɑːʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːʃ
• Hyphenation: خَ‧رَاش

Noun

خَرَاش • (xarāś) f (Hindi spelling ख़राश)

1. scratch, itch
2. soreness (in throat etc.)
3. crack (on walls, pavement etc.)
4. rash; inflammation
5. scar
6. (figuratively) wrinkle

Declension

Declension of خراش
	singular	plural
direct	خراش (xarāś)	خراشیں (xarāśẽ)
oblique	خراش (xarāś)	خراشوں (xarāśõ)
vocative	خراش (xarāś)	خراشو (xarāśo)

Further reading

• “خراش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “خراش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خراش”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “خراش”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “خراش”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “خراش”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC