آنکھ

See also: انکھ

Urdu

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-
    Proto-Indo-European *-s
    Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hákši
    Sanskrit अक्षि (akṣi)
    Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺 (akkhi)
    Urdu آن٘کھ (ā̃kh)

    Inherited from Middle Hindi آن٘کھ (ānkh) (c. 1503) / اَن٘کھ (ankh) (c. 1565),[1] from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺 (akkhi),[2] from Sanskrit अक्षि (ákṣi).[3][4]

    Cognates

    Cognates include Assamese আখি (akhi), Bengali আঁখি (ãkhi), Bhojpuri आँखि (ā̃khi), Gujarati આંખ (ā̃kha), Kashmiri أچھ / ॳछ (ạch), Maithili आँखि (ā̃khɨ), Odia ଆଖି (ākhi), Punjabi اَکّھ (akkh), Romani jakh, and Sindhi اَکہِ (akhi).

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɑ̃ːkʰ/, /ɑ̃ːᵑkʰ/
    • Audio (Pakistan):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɑ̃ːkʰ

    Noun

    آن٘کھ • (ā̃kh) f (Hindi spelling आँख)

    1. (anatomy) eye
      Synonym: نَین (nain)
    2. glance, look
      Synonym: نَظَر (nazar)

    Declension

    Declension of آنکھ
    singular plural
    direct آنکھ (ā̃kh) آنکھیں (ā̃khẽ)
    oblique آنکھ (ā̃kh) آنکھوں (ā̃khõ)
    vocative آنکھ (ā̃kh) آنکھو (ā̃kho)

    References

    1. ^ “آنکھ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ákṣi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 3
    3. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “آنکهہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 96
    4. ^ The template Template:R:ur:Shakespear does not use the parameter(s): 
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    Further reading

    More information
    • “آنکھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “آنکهـ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 22
    • S. W. Fallon (1879) “آنکهـ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 161
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