رکشا بندھن

Urdu

Etymology

Sanskritic formation from रक्षा (“protection”) +‎ बन्धन (bándhana, “binding”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾək.ʃɑː bən.d̪ʱən/

Noun

رَکْشَا بَنْدَھن • (rakśā bandhan) m (Hindi spelling रक्षाबंधन)

1. (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

Declension of رکشا بندھن
	singular	plural
direct	رَکْشَا بَنْدَھن (rakśā bandhan)	رَکْشَا بَنْدَھن (rakśā bandhan)
oblique	رَکْشَا بَنْدَھن (rakśā bandhan)	رَکْشَا بَنْدَھنوں (rakśā bandhanō̃)
vocative	رَکْشَا بَنْدَھن (rakśā bandhan)	رَکْشَا بَنْدَھنو (rakśā bandhanō)

See also

• رَاکِھی (rākhī)

Further reading

• “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.