خارش

Persian

Etymology

From the present stem form of (xarâšidan, “to scratch”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xaː.ˈriʃ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.ɾɪʃ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.ɾɪʃ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.ɾiʃ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒː.ɹeʃ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.ɾiʃ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xāriš
Dari reading^?	xāriš
Iranian reading^?	xâreš
Tajik reading^?	xoriš

Noun

f • (xāriš / xâreš) (Tajik spelling хориш)

itch, scabies
tickle

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “خارش”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xāriš).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xɑː.ɾɪʃ/

Noun

خارِش • (xāriś) f (Hindi spelling ख़ारिश)

itch

Further reading

“خارش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “خارش”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.