राखी راکھی ♣ Eng. Alexander, Alexis
[rākʰī], f. a protective talisman.
[◀MIA: Pk. racchā- f. ‘guarding’; Pk.Pa. rakkhā- f. ‘guarding’ ◀OIA rakṣā- f. ‘preservation, care’ Mn., ‘amulet, bracelet’ BhP., rakṣikā- f. ‘amulet’ lex. <√rakṣ ‘guard’ ◀PIE *aleq- ‘to ward off, keep off, protect, defend, hit back, shoot’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. Alexander, Alexis ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0582; (Turner, 1966) 10551, p.610; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 561; (MW, 1899) 0860, 0859; (Pokorny, 1959) 0032; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.422
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