رکشا بندھن

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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.
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