रक्षाबंधन

From रक्षा (rakṣā, “protection”) +‎ बन्धन (bandhan, “binding”), from Sanskrit.

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾək.ʂɑː.bən.d̪ʱən/, [ɾɐk.ʃäː.bɐ̃n̪.d̪ʱɐ̃n]

रक्षाबंधन • (rakṣābandhan) m (Urdu spelling رَکْشَا بَنْدَھن‎)

1. 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!

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• राखी (rākhī)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “रक्षा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 849