राखी
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit रक्षिका (rakṣikā).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]राखी • (rākhī) f (Urdu spelling رَاکِھی)
- a rakhi (thread tied to a brother's hand by his sister)
- राखी बांधना ― rākhī bāndhnā ― to tie a rakhi
- राखी की शुभकामनाएँ ― rākhī kī śubhkāmnāẽ ― Happy Rakhi!
Declension
[edit]Declension of राखी (fem ī-stem)
Proper noun
[edit]राखी • (rākhī) f
- a female given name, Rakhi
Declension
[edit]Declension of राखी (fem ī-stem)
See also
[edit]- रक्षाबंधन (rakṣābandhan)
Further reading
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “राखी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 859
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rakṣā1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 611
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- Hindi terms derived from Sanskrit
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- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Hindi terms derived from the Proto-Indo-Iranian root *Hrakš-
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Hindi terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂lek-
- Hindi terms inherited from Sanskrit
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- Hindi lemmas
- Hindi nouns
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