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rukh, rook noun a tree 19. etymology: possibly a development from Sanskrit ruksa or Romany rook, rukh with the same meaning; collected by Joseph F G S Lucas from Kirk Yetholm Gypsies; form rook collected by Rev John Baird Kirk Yetholm Gypsies note:

Grellmann (1787) collected the form rùk with the same meaning from Continental gipsies. Smart & Crofton (1875) collected the form Rook from English Gypsies.