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راکھ

Urdu

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Alternative forms

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  • راخ (rāx) — chiefly Deccani

Etymology

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First attested in c. 1635 as Middle Hindi راکھ (rākh),[1] inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (rakkhā), from Sanskrit रक्षा (rakṣā).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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راکھ • (rākh) f (Hindi spelling राख)

  1. ash, ashes
  2. dust
    Synonym: خاک (xāk)

Declension

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Declension of راکھ
singular plural
direct راکھ (rākh) راکھیں (rākhẽ)
oblique راکھ (rākh) راکھوں (rākhõ)
vocative راکھ (rākh) راکھو (rākho)

Derived terms

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Derived terms

References

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  1. ^ “راکھ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rakṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 611

Further reading

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  • “راکھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “راکهـ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 336
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “راکهہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 581
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “راکهـ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 692
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