رشک

رشک

Persian

Etymology 1

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Noun

رشک • (rašk)

1. envy

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *rik- (“nit”), related to Sanskrit रिक्षा (rikṣā, “nit”), Latin ricinus.[1]

Noun

رشک • (rešk)

1. nit

Further reading

• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “رشک”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, pages 40b–41a

References

1. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 357

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian رشک‎ (rašk).

Noun

رشک • (rašk) m (Hindi spelling रश्क)

1. jealousy, envy, malice