راکھ

Urdu

Alternative forms

• راخ (rāx) — chiefly Deccani

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi راکھ (rakh) (c. 1635), 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

   Synonym: خاک (xāk)

Declension

Declension of راکھ

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

Derived terms

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

Further reading

• “راکھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• 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
• Fallon, S. W. (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, page 952