ریشہ

Urdu

Etymology

PIE word
*wréh₂ds

Borrowed from Classical Persian ریشه (rēša, “root; stump”). Compare Baluchi ریشگ (rīšag, “root”)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾeːʃ.ɑ(ː)/

Noun

ریشَہ • (reśa) m (Hindi spelling रेशा)

1. fiber, filament
2. (biology) vein; tissue; nerve

   Synonym: عَضْلَہ ('azla)

3. (archaic) thin root of a plant

Declension

Declension of ریشہ
	singular	plural
direct	ریشََہ (reśah)	ریشَے (reśe)
oblique	ریشَے (reśe)	ریشَوں (reśõ)
vocative	ریشَے (reśe)	ریشَو (reśo)

Derived terms

• بے ریشَہ (be-reśa, “fibreless”)
• رَگ و ریشَہ (rag-o-reśa, “nature; constitution”, literally “vein and tissue”)
• ریشَہ خَطْمی (reśa-xatmī, “Althaea officinalis”)
• ریشَہ دار (reśa-dār, “fibrous”)

References

• “ریشہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ریشہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ریشہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “ریشہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.