रक्षाबंधन

Hindi

Etymology

From रक्षा (rakṣā, “protection”) +‎ बन्धन (bandhan, “binding”), from Sanskrit.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾək.ʂɑː.bən.d̪ʱən/, [ɾɐk.ʃäː.bɐ̃n̪.d̪ʱɐ̃n]

Noun

रक्षाबंधन • (rakṣābandhan) m (Urdu spelling رَکْشَا بَنْدَھن)

1. a Hindu 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

   रक्षाबंधन की शुभकामनाएँ ― rakṣābandhan kī śubhkāmnāẽ ― Happy Raksha Bandhan!

Declension

Declension of रक्षाबंधन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रक्षाबंधन rakṣābandhan	रक्षाबंधन rakṣābandhan
oblique	रक्षाबंधन rakṣābandhan	रक्षाबंधनों rakṣābandhanõ
vocative	रक्षाबंधन rakṣābandhan	रक्षाबंधनो rakṣābandhano

See also

• राखी (rākhī)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रक्षा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 849