रक्षाबंधन
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Etymology
From रक्षा (rakṣā, “protection”) + बन्धन (bandhan, “binding”), from Sanskrit.
Pronunciation
Noun
रक्षाबंधन • (rakṣābandhan) m (Urdu spelling رَکْشَا بَنْدَھن)
- a Hindu 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
Declension of रक्षाबंधन (masc cons-stem)
See also
- राखी (rākhī)
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रक्षा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 849
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