रक्षाबंधन
Hindi
Etymology
From रक्षा (rakṣā, “protection”) + बन्धन (bandhan, “binding”), from Sanskrit.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ɾək.ʂɑː.bən.d̪ʱən/, [ɾɐk.ʃäː.bɐ̃n̪.d̪ʱɐ̃n]
Noun
रक्षाबंधन • (rakṣābandhan) m (Urdu spelling رَکْشَا بَنْدَھن) (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
- रक्षाबंधन की शुभकामनाएँ ― rakṣābandhan kī śubhkāmnāẽ ― Happy Raksha Bandhan!
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | रक्षाबंधन rakṣābandhan |
रक्षाबंधन rakṣābandhan |
| oblique | रक्षाबंधन rakṣābandhan |
रक्षाबंधनों rakṣābandhanõ |
| vocative | रक्षाबंधन rakṣābandhan |
रक्षाबंधनो rakṣābandhano |
See also
- राखी (rākhī)
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “रक्षा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 849
Marathi
Etymology
Sanskritic formation from रक्षा (rakṣā, “protection”) + बंधन (bandhan, “binding”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɾək.ʂa.bən.d̪ʱən/
- Rhymes: -ən
Proper noun
रक्षाबंधन • (rakṣābandhan) n (Hinduism)
- an annual ceremony, in which a rakhi (thread) is tied to a brother's hand by his sister in exchange for a lifelong promise of protection and a gift.
Declension
| Declension of रक्षाबंधन (neut cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
रक्षाबंधन rakṣābandhan | ||
| direct plural |
रक्षाबंधने, रक्षाबंधनं rakṣābandhne, rakṣābandhna | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
रक्षाबंधन rakṣābandhan |
रक्षाबंधने, रक्षाबंधनं rakṣābandhne, rakṣābandhna | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
रक्षाबंधना rakṣābandhnā |
रक्षाबंधनां- rakṣābandhnān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
रक्षाबंधनाला rakṣābandhnālā |
रक्षाबंधनांना rakṣābandhnānnā | |
| ergative | रक्षाबंधनाने, रक्षाबंधनानं rakṣābandhnāne, rakṣābandhnāna |
रक्षाबंधनांनी rakṣābandhnānnī | |
| instrumental | रक्षाबंधनाशी rakṣābandhnāśī |
रक्षाबंधनांशी rakṣābandhnānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
रक्षाबंधनात rakṣābandhnāt |
रक्षाबंधनांत rakṣābandhnāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
रक्षाबंधना rakṣābandhnā |
रक्षाबंधनांनो rakṣābandhnānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of रक्षाबंधन (neut cons-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
रक्षाबंधनाचा rakṣābandhnāċā |
रक्षाबंधनाचे rakṣābandhnāċe |
रक्षाबंधनाची rakṣābandhnācī |
रक्षाबंधनाच्या rakṣābandhnācā |
रक्षाबंधनाचे, रक्षाबंधनाचं rakṣābandhnāċe, rakṣābandhnāċa |
रक्षाबंधनाची rakṣābandhnācī |
रक्षाबंधनाच्या rakṣābandhnācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
रक्षाबंधनांचा rakṣābandhnānċā |
रक्षाबंधनांचे rakṣābandhnānċe |
रक्षाबंधनांची rakṣābandhnāñcī |
रक्षाबंधनांच्या rakṣābandhnāncā |
रक्षाबंधनांचे, रक्षाबंधनांचं rakṣābandhnānċe, rakṣābandhnānċa |
रक्षाबंधनांची rakṣābandhnāñcī |
रक्षाबंधनांच्या rakṣābandhnāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
See also
References
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “रक्षाबंधन”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press