پرکھ

Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit पुरुष (púruṣa). Compare Punjabi پرکھ (purakh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pʊ.ɾʊkʰ/

Noun

پرکھ • (purukh) m (Hindi spelling पुरुख)

1. male
2. a person, human being
3. ancestor

References

• “پرکھ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پرکھ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “پرکھ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “پرکھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.