रखना

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रखना

/ɾəkʰ.nɑː/ Hindi, Standard
[ɾɐkʰ.näː] Hindi, Standard

Where it comes from

Hindi verb set

रखना (rakhnā)

रखवाना (rakhvānā)

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek-

Proto-Indo-European *-seti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂lékseti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrákšati

Sanskrit रक्ष॑ति (rákṣati)

Prakrit 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (rakkhaï)

Old Hindi रषना (raṣanā /⁠rakhanā⁠/)

Hindi रखना

Inherited from Old Hindi रषना (raṣanā /⁠rakhanā⁠/), from Prakrit रक्खइ (rakkhaï), from Sanskrit रक्षति (rákṣati). Doublet of राखना (rākhnā). Cognate with Assamese ৰখা (rokha), Bengali রাখা (rakha), Gujarati રાખવું (rākhvũ), Marathi राखणे (rākhṇe), Nepali राख्नु (rākhnu), Odia ରଖିବା (rakhibā), Punjabi ਰੱਖਣਾ (rakkhaṇā), Sinhalese රකිනවා (rakinawā, “to protect”).

verb rakhnā · رَکْھنَا · रख · रखना · रखने · रखकर

transitive to keep, to have तुम बच्चे अपने साथ रखो।
transitive to put

In English

have 1. to possess
hold to keep possession — see also sustain, protect
put to place something somewhere

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"रखना." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

रखना. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE

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"रखना." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {रखना},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}