راخش

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• راکَھش (rākhaś), راکَھس (rākhas)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲 (rakkhasa), from Sanskrit राक्षस (rākṣasa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

راخَش • (rāxaś) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਰਾਖ਼ਸ਼)

1. demon, monster

Declension

Declension of راخش
dir. sg.	راخَش (rāxaś)
dir. pl.	راخَش (rāxaś)
	singular	plural
direct	راخَش (rāxaś)	راخَش (rāxaś)
oblique	راخَش (rāxaś)	راخَشاں (rāxaśāṉ)
vocative	راخَشا (rāxaśā)	راخَشو (rāxaśo)
ablative	راخَشوں (rāxaśoṉ)	راخَشاں (rāxaśāṉ)
locative	راخَشے (rāxaśe)	راخَشِیں (rāxaśīṉ)
instrumental	راخَشوں (rāxaśoṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “راخش”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਰਾਖਸ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 949.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rākṣasá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 618