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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ریخْتَه (rēxta), form of ریخْتَن (rēxtan).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
ریخْتَہ • (rexta) m (Hindi spelling रेख़ता or रेख़्ता)
- 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
- 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