रक्षा

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रक्षा (rakṣā).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾək.ʂɑː/, [ɾək.ʃäː]

रक्षा • (rakṣā) f (Urdu spelling رکشا‎)

1. protection
2. safety
3. defence
4. support

• (protection) हिफ़ाज़त (hifāzat)
• (protection) मुहाफ़िज़त (muhāfizat)
• (safety) सलामती (salāmtī)

• रक्षक (rakṣak)

From रक्ष् (rakṣ), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to defend”), same source as Ancient Greek ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”). Other cognates include Old Armenian երաշխիք (erašxikʿ), and Old English ealgian (“to protect, defend”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐk.ʂɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɾɐk.ʂɑː/

रक्षा • (rakṣā) f

1. the act of protecting or guarding, protection, care, preservation, security Mn. MBh. &c.
2. a guard, watch, sentinel Mṛicch. Kām.
3. any preservative, (esp.) a sort of bracelet or amulet, any mysterious token used as a charm BhP. Suṡr.
4. a tutelary divinity (cf. महा-र्°)
5. ashes (used as a preservative) L.
6. a piece of thread or silk bound round the wrist on partic. occasions (esp. on the full moon of श्रावण, either as an amulet and preservative against misfortune, or as a symbol of mutual dependence, or as a mark of respect) MW.

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: रक्षा (rakṣā)

  Urdu: رکشا‎ (rakṣā)

• Kashmiri: رٲچھ‎ (rạ̄ch)

• Monier Williams (1899), “रक्षा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 860, column 1.