راکھ

Urdu

Alternative forms

  • راخ (rāx) — chiefly Deccani

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi راکھ (rakh) (c. 1635),[1] from Prakrit 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (rakkhā), from Sanskrit रक्षा (rakṣā).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

راکھ • (rākh) f (Hindi spelling राख)

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

  • راکھ ہونا (rākh honā, “to be reduced to ashes”)

References

  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

  • “راکھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • 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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