راکھ

Urdu

Alternative forms

• راخ (rāx) — chiefly Deccani

Etymology

First attested in c. 1635 as Middle Hindi راکھ (rākh), inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (rakkhā), from Sanskrit रक्षा (rakṣā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːkʰ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːkʰ

Noun

راکھ • (rākh) f (Hindi spelling राख)

1. ash, ashes
2. dust

Declension

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

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

Further reading

• “راکھ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “راکھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], 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
• John Shakespear (1834) “راکهـ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rakṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 611