رکشا بندھن
Urdu
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Etymology
[edit]Sanskritic formation from रक्षा (“protection”) + बन्धन (bándhana, “binding”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾək.ʃɑː bən.d̪ʱən/
Noun
[edit]رَکْشَا بَنْدَھن • (rakśā bandhan) m (Hindi spelling रक्षाबंधन)
- (Hinduism) an annual rite, or ceremony, in which a rakhi (thread) is tied to a brother's hand by his sister in exchange for a gift to her
Declension
[edit]| Declension of رکشا بندھن | ||||||||
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| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | رَکْشَا بَنْدَھن (rakśā bandhan) | رَکْشَا بَنْدَھن (rakśā bandhan) | ||||||
| oblique | رَکْشَا بَنْدَھن (rakśā bandhan) | رَکْشَا بَنْدَھنوں (rakśā bandhanõ) | ||||||
| vocative | رَکْشَا بَنْدَھن (rakśā bandhan) | رَکْشَا بَنْدَھنو (rakśā bandhano) | ||||||
See also
[edit]- رَاکِھی (rākhī)
Further reading
[edit]- “رکشا+بندھن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “رکشا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 597
- “رَکْشا+بَنْدَھن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.