Persian

Adjective

رخش • ‎(raxš)

1. coloured red and white; spotted red or white.
2. red
3. chestnut, brown

Proper noun

رخش • ‎(Raxš)

1. Rakhsh, the horse of Rustam

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian *rauxšn- ‎(“to shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Cognate with Ossetian рухс ‎(ruxs, “light”).

Noun

رخش • ‎(roxš)

1. light

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “رخش”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-15496-4, pages 313, 321