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Urdu
- راخ (rāx) — chiefly Deccani
Etymology
First attested in c. 1635 as Middle Hindi راکھ (rakh),[1] inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (rakkhā), from Sanskrit रक्षा (rakṣā).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
راکھ • (rākh) f (Hindi spelling राख)
- ash, ashes
- dust
- Synonym: خاک (xāk)
Declension
| Declension of راکھ
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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راکھ (rākh)
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راکھیں (rākhẽ)
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| oblique
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راکھ (rākh)
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راکھوں (rākhõ)
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| vocative
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راکھ (rākh)
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راکھو (rākho)
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Derived terms
References
- ^ “راکھ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ 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 , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- 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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