राखी

See also: रेखा, रुख, राख, and रूखा

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit रक्षिका (rakṣikā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.kʰiː/, [ɾäː.kʰiː]

Noun

राखी • (rākhī) f (Urdu spelling راکھی)

1. a rakhi (thread tied to a brother's hand by his sister)

   (deprecated template usage) राखी बांधना ― rākhī bāndhnā ― to tie a rakhi

See also

• रक्षाबंधन (rakṣābandhan)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “राखी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press