ꠞꠣꠇꠣꠔ

Sylheti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raxat/

Etymology 1

From ꠞꠣꠇꠣ (raxa, “keep, force to accept; guard”).

Noun

ꠞꠣꠇꠣꠔ • (raxat)

1. pasture
   • 2017, Folktales in Sylheti: The Boy Who Cried Tiger, →ISBN:

     ꠉꠞꠥ ꠞꠣꠇꠣꠔ ꠉꠤꠀ ꠢꠦ ꠢꠇꠟ ꠡꠝꠄ ꠄꠇꠐꠣ ꠖꠥꠡ꠆ꠐꠣꠝꠤ ꠇꠞꠔ।

     Upon going to the cattle pasture, he would always make mischief.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian رکعت (rak'at), ultimately from Arabic رَكْعَة (rakʕa). Compare Urdu رکعت.

Noun

ꠞꠣꠇꠣꠔ • (raxat)

1. (Islam) rak'a, an iteration of bowing in the salah prayer

References

• Gwynn, Roger (2016) “rakat”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.