ریختہ
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian ریخْتَه (rēxta), form of ریخْتَن (rēxtan).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ˈɾeːx.t̪ɑ(ː)/
Proper noun edit
ریخْتَہ • (rexta) m (Hindi spelling रेख़ता or रेख़्ता)
- Rekhta (A style of Urdu, Hindavi, or sometimes Braj or Punjabi used in poetry that linguistically adapts Persian grammar and vocabulary; a mix of Persian and Khariboli)
- Ghalib :
- ريختہ کے تُم ہی اُستاد نہیں ہو غالِبؔ
کہتے ہیں اگلے زمانے میں کوئی مِیرؔ بھی تھا- reḳhta ke tumhī̃ ustād nahī̃ ho ġālib
kahte hain agle zamāne mẽ koī mīr bhī thā - Ghalib, you are not the only master of poetry in Rekhta
It is said that there was Mir too in the past
- reḳhta ke tumhī̃ ustād nahī̃ ho ġālib
- ريختہ کے تُم ہی اُستاد نہیں ہو غالِبؔ
- poetry written in Rekhta
References edit
- “Rekhta: Poetry in Mixed Language, The Emergence of Khari Boli Literature in North India”, in Before the Divide: Hindi and Urdu Literary Culture[1] (PDF), Columbia University, 2018 April 23 (last accessed), archived from the original on 28 March 2016