रुख़

Borrowed from Classical Persian رخ (rux). The sense in chess is further from Middle Persian lhw' (rox).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾʊx/, /ɾʊkʰ/

रुख़ • (rux) m (Urdu spelling رُخ)

1. face

   Synonyms: चेहरा (cehrā), मुँह (mũh)

2. expression, countenance

   Synonym: रूप (rūp)

3. face, direction

   रुख़ करना ― rux karnā ― to face

4. (chess) rook

   Synonym: हाथी (hāthī)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रुख़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press