ꠞꠣꠇꠣꠔ

Sylheti

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raxat/

Etymology 1

From ꠞꠣꠇꠣ (raxa, “keep, force to accept; guard”).

Noun

ꠞꠣꠇꠣꠔ • (raxat)

  1. pasture
    • 2017, Folktales in Sylheti: The Boy Who Cried Tiger, →ISBN:
      ꠉꠞꠥ ꠞꠣꠇꠣꠔ ꠉꠤꠀ ꠢꠦ ꠢꠇꠟ ꠡꠝꠄ ꠄꠇꠐꠣ ꠖꠥꠡ꠆ꠐꠣꠝꠤ ꠇꠞꠔ
      goru raxat gia he hoxol śomoe exṭa duśṭami xorto
      Upon going to the cattle pasture, he would always make mischief.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian رکعت (rak'at), ultimately from Arabic رَكْعَة (rakʕa). Compare Bengali রাকাত (rakat) and Urdu رَکْعَت (rak'at).

Noun

ꠞꠣꠇꠣꠔ • (raxat)

  1. (Islam) rak'a, an iteration of bowing in the salah prayer

References

  • Gwynn, Roger (2016) “rakat”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.
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