رخش
See also: رجس
Persian
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *ra(n)ǰ- (“to colour, dye”) (compare Sogdian [script needed] (rɣš- /raxš/, “Rakhsh”), Khwarezmian رختک (rxtk /raxtak/, “red”), Mazanderani رش (raš, “red (of cattle)”), Northern Kurdish reş (“black”), Talysh رش (rəş, “light brown”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit रञ्ज् (rañj, “to be dyed or coloured, to redden, grow red, glow”)).
The Persian word is not inherited but is borrowed probably from the Sogdian cognate.
Akin to Old Armenian երաշխ (erašx), an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈraxʃ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [räxʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɹæxʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɾäχʃ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | raxš |
| Dari reading? | raxš |
| Iranian reading? | raxš |
| Tajik reading? | raxš |
Adjective
رخش • (raxš)
Proper noun
رخش • (raxš)
- Rakhsh, the horse of Rustam
Etymology 2
From Proto-Iranian *rúxš (“to shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Cognate with Ossetian рухс (ruxs, “light”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈruxʃ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [rʊxʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɹoxʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɾuχʃ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ruxš |
| Dari reading? | ruxš |
| Iranian reading? | roxš |
| Tajik reading? | ruxš |
Noun
رخش • (roxš)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “رخش”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Cheung, Johnny (2007), Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 313, 321