रुख़सत

Hindi

Alternative forms

• रुख़्सत (ruxsat)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رخصت (ruxsat), from Arabic رُخْصَة (ruḵṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾʊx.sət̪/, [ɾʊx.sɐt̪], /ɾʊkʰ.sət̪/, [ɾʊkʰ.sɐt̪]
• Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

रुख़सत • (ruxsat) f (Urdu spelling رُخْصَت)

1. permission to leave, departure, discharge, dismissal

Declension

Declension of रुख़सत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रुख़सत ruxsat	रुख़सतें ruxsatẽ
oblique	रुख़सत ruxsat	रुख़सतों ruxsatõ
vocative	रुख़सत ruxsat	रुख़सतो ruxsato

Derived terms

• रुख़सताना (ruxsatānā)
• रुख़सती (ruxsatī)

Further reading

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “ruḳḥsat”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 650
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “रुखसत”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4185
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रुख़सत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 866
• Platts, John T. (1884) “رخصت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 590
• “रुख़्सत”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.