رشتہ
See also: رستہ
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian رشته (rišta, “thread”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾɪʃ.t̪ɑ(ː)/
- Hyphenation: رِش‧تَہ
Noun
رِشْتَہ • (riśta) m (Hindi spelling रिश्ता)
- relationship, kinship (by blood)
- proposal (of marriage)
- relation, connexion, affinity
- (literally) thread; string
- (medicine) dracunculiasis
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | رِشْتَہ (riśtah) | رِشْتے (riśte) |
| oblique | رِشْتے (riśte) | رِشْتوں (riśtõ) |
| vocative | رِشْتے (riśte) | رِشْتو (riśto) |
Further reading
- “رشتہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “رشتہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رشتہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.