راہ

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رَاه (rāh). First attested in c. 1505 as Middle Hindi راہ (rah /⁠rāh⁠/).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

راہ (rāhf (Hindi spelling राह)

  1. path, way
  2. route
  3. manner, mode, fashion

Declension

    Declension of راہ
singular plural
direct راہ (rāh) راہیں (rāhẽ)
oblique راہ (rāh) راہوں (rāhõ)
vocative راہ (rāh) راہو (rāho)

References

  1. ^ راہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

  • راہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “راه”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]