رخشان
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Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sogdian [script needed] (rwxšn /roxšan/, “bright”), from Proto-Iranian *ráwxšnaH, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh (“moon”). Doublet of روشن (rowšan), which was inherited.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɾax.ˈʃɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɹæx.ʃɒ́ːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɾäχ.ʃɔ́n]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | raxšān |
Dari reading? | raxšān |
Iranian reading? | raxšân |
Tajik reading? | raxšon |
Adjective[edit]
رخشان • (raxšân)
- (archaic) bright; luminous
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 12”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ][1]:
- بخت خواب آلود ما بیدار خواهد شد مگر
زان که زد بر دیده آبی، روی رخشان شما- baxt-i xwâb âlûd-i mâ bêdâr xwâhad šud magar
z-ân ki zad bar dîda âbê, rôy-i raxšân-i šumâ - This slumber-stained fate of mine shall perhaps wake up,
For that shining face of yours has shed some water on my eyes.
- baxt-i xwâb âlûd-i mâ bêdâr xwâhad šud magar
Proper noun[edit]
رخشان • (raxšân)
- a female given name, Rakhshan
Descendants[edit]
- → Urdu: رخشان (raxśān)
Urdu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Classical Persian رخشان (raxšān, “bright; luminous”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾəx.ʃɑːn/
- Hyphenation: رَخ‧شان
Adjective[edit]
رخشان • (raxśān)
Derived terms[edit]
- رخشانی (raxśānī)
References[edit]
- “رخشان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رخشان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John Thompson (1884) “رخشان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
- “رخشان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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