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Persian
Etymology 1
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Noun
رشک • (rašk)
- envy
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *Horgʰi- (“nit”), related to Sanskrit रिक्षा (rikṣā, “nit”), Latin ricinus.
Noun
رشک • (rešk)
- nit
Further reading
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “رشک”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 40b–41a
References
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian رشک (rašk).
Noun
رشک • (rašk) m (Hindi spelling रश्क)
- jealousy, envy, malice