রোকসানা

Bengali

Alternative forms

• রুকসানা (rukśana), রুখসানা (rukhśana), রোখসানা (rōkhśana)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رُکْسَانَه (ruksāna), from Ancient Greek Ῥωξάνη (Rhōxánē), from Bactrian *Rauxšnā (“shining, radiant, brilliant”), from Proto-Iranian *ráwxšnaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwkšnaH, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂ (“moon”), from *lewk- (“to shine, be bright; to see”).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /roksana/, [ˈroksanaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɹoksana/, [ɹoksanaˑ]

Proper noun

রোকসানা • (rōkśana)

1. a female given name, Roksana or Rokhsana, from Persian