رشتہ

See also: رستہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رشته (rišta, “thread”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾɪʃ.t̪ɑ(ː)/
• Hyphenation: رِش‧تَہ

Noun

رِشْتَہ • (riśta) m (Hindi spelling रिश्ता)

1. relationship, kinship (by blood)
2. proposal (of marriage)
3. relation, connexion, affinity
4. (literally) thread; string
5. (medicine) dracunculiasis

Declension

Declension of رشتہ
	singular	plural
direct	رِشْتہ (riśtah)	رِشْتے (riśte)
oblique	رِشْتے (riśte)	رِشْتوں (riśtõ)
vocative	رِشْتے (riśte)	رِشْتو (riśto)

Further reading

• “رشتہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “رشتہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رشتہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.