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آنکھ

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See also: انکھ

Urdu

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs
Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hákši
Sanskrit अक्षि (akṣi)
Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺 (akkhi)
Urdu آن٘کھ

    Inherited from Middle Hindi آن٘کھ (ānkh) (c. 1503) / اَن٘کھ (ankh) (c. 1565),[1] from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺 (akkhi),[2] from Sanskrit अक्षि (ákṣi).[3][4]

    Cognates

    Cognates include Assamese আখি (akhi), Bengali আঁখি (ãkhi), Bhojpuri आँखि (ā̃khi), Gujarati આંખ (ā̃kha), Kashmiri أچھ / ॳछ (ạch), Maithili आँखि (ā̃khɨ), Odia ଆଖି (ākhi), Punjabi اَکّھ (akkh), Romani jakh, and Sindhi اَکہِ (akhi).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    آن٘کھ • (ā̃kh) f (Hindi spelling आँख)

    1. (anatomy) eye
      Synonym: نَین (nain)
    2. glance, look
      Synonym: نَظَر (nazar)

    Declension

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    Declension of آنکھ
    singular plural
    direct آنکھ (ā̃kh) آنکھیں (ā̃khẽ)
    oblique آنکھ (ā̃kh) آنکھوں (ā̃khõ)
    vocative آنکھ (ā̃kh) آنکھو (ā̃kho)

    References

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    1. ^ “آنکھ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ákṣi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 3
    3. ^ Platts, John T. (1884), “آنکهہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 96
    4. ^ John Shakespear (1834), “انکهہ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 160

    Further reading

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    More information
    • “آنکھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “آنکهـ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 22
    • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “آنکهـ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 161
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