Saturday, February 13, 2010

राख راکھ ♣ Eng. Alexander, Alexis

राख راکھ ♣ Eng. Alexander, Alexis

[rākʰ], f. ashes.

[◀MIA: Pk. rakkhā-, racchā- f. ‘ashes’ ◀OIA rakṣā- f. ‘ashes’ lex. <√rakṣ ‘guard’ ◀PIE *aleq- ‘to ward off, keep off, protect, defend, hit back, shoot’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. Alexander, Alexis ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0582; (Turner, 1966) 10552, p.610; (MW, 1899) 0860, 0859; (Pokorny, 1959) 0032; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.422

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