رخسار

Persian

Noun

رخسار • (roxsâr)

  1. visage
  2. face

Descendants

  • → Bengali: রুখসার (rukhośar)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: रुख़सार (ruxsār)
    Urdu: رُخْسار (ruxsār)
  • → Punjabi: ruxsār
    Gurmukhi script: ਰੁਖ਼ਸਾਰ
    Shahmukhi script: رُخسار
  • → Sindhi:
    Arabic script: رُخسارُ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رخسار (ruxsār).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾʊx.sɑːɾ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
  • Hyphenation: رُخْ‧سار

Noun

رُخْسار • (ruxsār) m (Hindi spelling रुख़सार)

  1. (anatomy) cheek
    Synonym: گال (gāl)
  2. (figuratively) face
    Synonym: چِہْرَہ (cihra)

Proper noun

رُخْسار • (ruxsār) f (Hindi spelling रुख़सार)

  1. a female given name, Rukhsar, from Persian

Further reading

  • “رخسار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “رخسار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رخسار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “رخسار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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