पुरखा

Hindi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit पुरुष (puruṣa, “man, human; primordial man”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pʊɾ.kʰɑː/, [pʊɾ.kʰäː]

Noun

पुरखा • (purkhā) m (Urdu spelling پُرْکھا)

1. ancestor, forefather

   Synonym: पूर्वज (pūrvaj)

Declension

Declension of पुरखा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पुरखा purkhā	पुरखे purkhe
oblique	पुरखे purkhe	पुरखों purkhõ
vocative	पुरखे purkhe	पुरखो purkho

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “पुरखा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3048
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पुरखा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 637
• “पुरखा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.