رشک

Persian

Etymology 1

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Noun

رشک • (rašk)

  1. envy

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *Horgʰi- (“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, Gießen: J. Ricker, 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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رشک (rašk).

Noun

رشک • (rašk) m (Hindi spelling रश्क)

  1. jealousy, envy, malice
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