خراش
See also: حراس
Persian
Etymology
From the present stem form of خراشیدن (xarâšidan, “to scratch”). Related to Northern Luri کلاش (kelāš).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /xa.ˈɾaːʃ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xä.ɾɑ́ːʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xæ.ɹɒ́ːʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χä.ɾɔ́ʃ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | xarāš |
| Dari reading? | xarāš |
| Iranian reading? | xarâš |
| Tajik reading? | xaroš |
Noun
خراش • (xarâš)
References
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 449
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خَرَاش (xarāš).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xə.ɾɑːʃ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːʃ
- Hyphenation: خَ‧رَاش
Noun
خَرَاش • (xarāś) f (Hindi spelling ख़राश)
- scratch, itch
- soreness (in throat etc.)
- crack (on walls, pavement etc.)
- rash; inflammation
- scar
- (figuratively) wrinkle
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | خراش (xarāś) | خراشیں (xarāśẽ) |
| oblique | خراش (xarāś) | خراشوں (xarāśõ) |
| vocative | خراش (xarāś) | خراشو (xarāśo) |
Further reading
- “خراش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “خراش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خراش”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “خراش”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “خراش”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “خراش”, 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