राखी
Hindi
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit रक्षिका (rakṣikā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ɾɑː.kʰiː/, [ɾäː.kʰiː]
Noun
राखी • (rākhī) f (Urdu spelling رَاکِھی)
- a rakhi (thread tied to a brother's hand by his sister)
- राखी बांधना ― rākhī bāndhnā ― to tie a rakhi
- राखी की शुभकामनाएँ ― rākhī kī śubhkāmnāẽ ― Happy Rakhi!
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | राखी rākhī |
राखियाँ rākhiyā̃ |
| oblique | राखी rākhī |
राखियों rākhiyõ |
| vocative | राखी rākhī |
राखियो rākhiyo |
Proper noun
राखी • (rākhī) f
- a female given name, Rakhi
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | राखी rākhī |
राखियाँ rākhiyā̃ |
| oblique | राखी rākhī |
राखियों rākhiyõ |
| vocative | राखी rākhī |
राखियो rākhiyo |
See also
- रक्षाबंधन (rakṣābandhan)
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “राखी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 859
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “rakṣā1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 611
Marathi
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit रक्षिका (rakṣikā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɾa.kʰi/, [ɾa.kʰiː]
Noun
- a rakhi (thread tied to a brother's hand by his sister)
- राखी बांधणे ― rākhī bāndhṇe ― to tie a rakhi
Declension
| Declension of राखी (fem ī-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
राखी rākhī | ||
| direct plural |
राख्या rākhyā | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
राखी rākhī |
राख्या rākhyā | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
राखी rākhī |
राख्यां- rākhyān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
राखीला rākhīlā |
राख्यांना rākhyānnā | |
| ergative | राखीने, राखीनं rākhīne, rākhīna |
राख्यांनी rākhyānnī | |
| instrumental | राखीशी rākhīśī |
राख्यांशी rākhyānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
राखीत rākhīt |
राख्यांत rākhyāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
राखी rākhī |
राख्यांनो rākhyānno | |
| 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 राखी (fem ī-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 |
|||
| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
राखीचा rākhīċā |
राखीचे rākhīċe |
राखीची rākhīcī |
राखीच्या rākhīcā |
राखीचे, राखीचं rākhīċe, rākhīċa |
राखीची rākhīcī |
राखीच्या rākhīcā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
राख्यांचा rākhyānċā |
राख्यांचे rākhyānċe |
राख्यांची rākhyāñcī |
राख्यांच्या rākhyāncā |
राख्यांचे, राख्यांचं rākhyānċe, rākhyānċa |
राख्यांची rākhyāñcī |
राख्यांच्या rākhyāñcā | |
| * 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. | ||||||||
Proper noun
राखी • (rākhī) f
- a female given name
See also
References
More information
- ^ Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “राखी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- ^ Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “राखी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press