رکشا بندھن
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Sanskritic formation from रक्षा (“protection”) + बन्धन (bándhana, “binding”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾək.ʃɑː bən.d̪ʱən/
Noun edit
رَکْشَا بَنْدَھن • (rakśā bandhan) m (Hindi spelling रक्षाबंधन)
- (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 edit
| 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 edit
- رَاکِھی (rākhī)
Further reading edit
- “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.