راکھ
Urdu edit
Alternative forms edit
- راخ (rāx) — chiefly Deccani
Etymology edit
First attested in c. 1635 as Middle Hindi راکھ (rākh), inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (rakkhā), from Sanskrit रक्षा (rakṣā).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾɑːkʰ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːkʰ
Noun edit
راکھ • (rākh) f (Hindi spelling राख)
Declension edit
Declension of راکھ | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | راکھ (rākh) | راکھیں (rākhẽ) |
oblique | راکھ (rākh) | راکھوں (rākhõ) |
vocative | راکھ (rākh) | راکھو (rākho) |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “راکھ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “راکھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in 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
- John Shakespear (1834), “راکهـ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “rakṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 611