रुख़
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See also: रुख
Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian رخ (rux). The sense in chess is further from Middle Persian lhw' (rox).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
रुख़ • (rux) m (Urdu spelling رُخ)
- face
- expression, countenance
- Synonym: रूप (rūp)
- face, direction
- रुख़ करना ― rux karnā ― to face
- (chess) rook
- Synonym: हाथी (hāthī)
Declension[edit]
Declension of रुख़ (masc cons-stem)
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रुख़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press