ریختہ

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ریخْتَه (rēxta), form of ریخْتَن (rēxtan).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

ریخْتَہ (rextam (Hindi spelling रेख़ता or रेख़्ता)

  1. Rekhta (A style of Urdu, Hindavi, or sometimes Braj or Punjabi used in poetry that linguistically adapts Persian grammar and vocabulary; a mix of Persian and Khariboli)
    • Ghalib :
      ريختہ کے تُم ہی اُستاد نہیں ہو غالِبؔ
      کہتے ہیں اگلے زمانے میں کوئی مِیرؔ بھی تھا‬
      rexta ke tumhī̃ ustād nahī̃ ho ġālib
      kahte ha͠i agle zamāne mẽ koī mīr bhī thā
      Ghalib, you are not the only master of poetry in Rekhta
      It is said that there was Mir too in the past
  2. poetry written in Rekhta

References

  • “Rekhta: Poetry in Mixed Language, The Emergence of Khari Boli Literature in North India”, in Before the Divide: Hindi and Urdu Literary Culture (PDF), Columbia University, 2018 April 23 (last accessed), archived from the original on 28 March 2016