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单词 rakhi
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rakhin.

Brit. /ˈrɑːki/, U.S. /ˈrɑki/
Inflections: Plural unchanged, rakhis.
Forms: 1800s– rakhi, 1900s– raakhee, 1900s– raakhi, 1900s– rakhee, 1900s– raki. Also with capital initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi rākhī.
Etymology: < Hindi rākhī < Sanskrit rakṣikā < rakṣā protection, amulet ( < rakṣ- to protect: see alexin n.) + -ikā, diminutive suffix.
South Asian.
An ornamental wristband given during the Indian festival of Raksha Bandhan as an amulet or token of respect and affection, typically by a woman or girl to her brother or a man that she regards as a brother. Also (with capital initial): this festival.The tying of rakhi is regarded as laying an obligation on the male to take a disinterested and fraternal responsibility for the female whenever she may require his intervention.
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1829 J. Tod Ann. & Antiq. Rajasthan I. 312 The Rajpoot dame bestows with the Rakhi the title of adopted brother; and while its acceptance secures to her all the protection of a ‘cavaliere servente’, scandal itself never suggests any other tie to his devotion.
1925 S. Banerjea Nation in Making xxii. 213 Band after band of men..paraded the streets..stopping at intervals to tie the rakhi round the wrists of passers-by.
1954 N. Sahgal Prison & Chocolate Cake vi. 85 On that day girls tie rakhis, bands of colored threads, on the wrists of their brothers or those whom they adopt as brothers.
1986 Stardust (Bombay) Oct. 105/1 My sister Annu used to tie a rakhi on Kaka. There have been so many years of relationship even between them.
1994 Hinduism Today (Electronic ed.) Mar. Today is Rakhi.., and Anu is scheduled to play brother to eight women.
2002 Hindustan Times 24 Aug. (HT City section) 9/4 Frazer and Haws has announced the launch of..the Sikh Rakhi range and a diamond-studded gold rakhi.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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