ریختہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ریخته‎ (rextā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾeːx.t̪ɑː/

Proper noun

ریختہ • (rextā) m (Hindi spelling रेख़ता or रेख़्ता)

  1. Rekhta (heavily Persianized literary or poetic Urdu, Hindavi, or sometimes Punjabi or Braj; a mix of Persian and Khariboli)
    • 1797 – 1869, Ghalib
      ‏ريختہ کے تُم ہی اُستاد نہیں ہو غالِب
      کہتے ہیں اگلے زمانے میں کوئی مِیر بھی تھا‬      ‎
      rexte ke tumhī̃ ustād nahī̃ ho 'ġālib'
      kahte hain agle zamāne mẽ koī 'mīr' bhī thā
      Ghalib, you are not the only master of poetry in Rekhta
      It is said that there was Mir too in the past
  2. poetry written in Rekhta

References

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