رخسار

Persian

Noun

رخسار • (roxsâr)

1. visage
2. face

Related terms

• رخ (rox)

Descendants

• → Bengali: রুখসার (rukhośar)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: रुख़सार (ruxsār), रुख़्सार (ruxsār)

  Urdu: رُخْسار (ruxsār)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਰੁਖ਼ਸਾਰ (ruxsār)

  Shahmukhi script: رُخْسار (ruxsār)

• → Sindhi:

  Devanagari script: रुख़सारु, रुख़्सारु

  Arabic script: رُخْسارُ (ruxsāru)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رخسار (ruxsār).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾʊx.sɑːɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
• Hyphenation: رُخْ‧سار

Noun

رُخْسار • (ruxsār) m (Hindi spelling रुख़सार)

1. (anatomy) cheek

   Synonym: گال (gāl)

2. (figuratively) face

   Synonym: چِہْرَہ (cihra)

Proper noun

رُخْسار • (ruxsār) f (Hindi spelling रुख़सार)

1. a female given name, Rukhsar, from Persian

Further reading

• “رخسار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “رخسار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “رخسار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “رخسار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.