Rekhta

English

Etymology

From Hindustani ریخْتَہ (rexta) / रेख़ता (rextā), from Classical Persian ریخْتَه (rēxta).

Proper noun

Rekhta

1. 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.
2. (historical, obsolete) The Hindustani language, the language of which Hindi and Urdu are literary standards.

Translations

a style of Urdu, Hindavi, or sometimes Braj or Punjabi used in poetry

• Bengali: রেখতা (rekhta)
• Gujarati: રેખ્તા (rekhtā)
• Hindi: रेख़ता m (rextā), रेख़्ता m (rextā)
• Marathi: रेखता (rekhtā)
• Persian: ریخْتِه (fa) (rixte)

  Classical Persian: ریخْتَه (fa) (rēxta)

• Punjabi: ਰੇਖ਼ਤਾ (rextā)
• Tajik: рехта (rexta)
• Urdu: ریخْتَہ m (rexta)

(historical, obsolete) the Hindustani language

• Bengali: রেখতা (rekhta)
• Gujarati: રેખ્તા (rekhtā)
• Hindi: रेख़ता m (rextā), रेख़्ता m (rextā)
• Marathi: रेखता f (rekhtā)
• Persian: ریخْتِه (fa) (rixte)

  Classical Persian: ریخْتَه (fa) (rēxta)

• Punjabi: ਰੇਖ਼ਤਾ (rextā)
• Tajik: рехта (rexta)
• Urdu: ریخْتَہ m (rexta)

Hindi — see Hindi

Urdu — see Urdu

Hindustani — see Hindustani

References

• “Rekhta: Poetry in Mixed Language, The Emergence of Khari Boli Literature in North India”, in Before the Divide: Hindi and Urdu Literary Culture‎^[1] (PDF), Columbia University, 2018 April 23 (last accessed), archived from the original on 28 March 2016

Anagrams

• Akhter, Akther, Hartke, Khater, Rathke, Thaker, raketh