# रक्त
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रक्त (rákta), from the root रञ्ज् (rañj, “to redden”).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɾəkt̪/, [ɾɐkt̪]
* Rhymes: -əkt̪

### Noun

रक्त • (rakt) m (Urdu spelling رکت)
* blood
    हमारी धमनियों में वीरों का रक्त है।hamārī dhamniyõ mẽ vīrõ kā rakt hai.The blood of heroes runs in our arteries.
    रक्त की जाँच का परिणाम क्या था?rakt kī jā̃c kā pariṇām kyā thā?What was the result of the blood test?

#### Synonyms

* ख़ून (xūn)
* लहू (lahū)

### Adjective

रक्त • (rakt) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling رکت)
* (color) red
    Synonym: लाल (lāl)

#### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “रक्त”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “रक्त”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Marathi
### Etymology

From Old Marathi 𑘨𑘎𑘿𑘝 (rakta), from Sanskrit रक्त (rakta). Related to रगत (ragat).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾək.t̪ə/

### Adjective

रक्त • (rakta)
* red (rare)
    Synonym: लाल (lāl)

### Noun

रक्त • (rakta) n
* blood

#### Derived terms

* रक्तगट (raktagaṭ, “blood group”)
* रक्तदाब (raktadāb, “blood pressure”)
* रक्तपुरवठा (raktapuravṭhā, “blood supply”)
* रक्तपेढी (raktapeḍhī, “blood bank”)
* रक्तपेशी (raktapeśī, “blood cell”)
* रक्तवाहिनी (raktavāhinī, “blood vessel”)
* रक्तस्राव (raktasrāv, “bleeding”)

### See also

* धमनी (dhamnī, “artery”)
* नस (nas, “vein”)
* हृदय (hŕday, “heart”)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “रक्त”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “रक्त”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “रक्त”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

## Nepali
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रक्त (rakta). Doublet of रगत (ragat).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rʌk̚t̪ʌ]
* Phonetic Devanagari: रक्त

### Noun

रक्त • (rakta)
* blood

### References

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “रक्त”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner

## Old Marathi
### Noun

रक्त (rakta) n
* Devanagari form of 𑘨𑘎𑘿𑘝 (rakta)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৰক্ত (Assamese script)
* ᬭᬓ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
* রক্ত (Bengali script)
* 𑰨𑰎𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* ရက္တ (Burmese script)
* રક્ત (Gujarati script)
* ਰਕ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦫꦏ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂩𑂍𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ರಕ್ತ (Kannada script)
* រក្ត (Khmer script)
* ຣກ຺ຕ (Lao script)
* രക്ത (Malayalam script)
* ᡵᠠᡬᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘨𑘎𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᠷᠠᢉᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧈𑦮𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐬𑐎𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
* ରକ୍ତ (Odia script)
* ꢬꢒ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆫𑆑𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖨𑖎𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
* රක‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩼𑩜 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚤𑚊𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
* ரக்த (Tamil script)
* రక్త (Telugu script)
* รกฺต (Thai script)
* ར་ཀྟ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒩𑒏𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨫𑨋𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root verb रञ्ज् (rañj, “to redden”), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to dye”). Cognate with Persian رخش (raxš), Sogdian [script needed] (rɣš- /⁠raxš⁠/, “Rakhsh”), Khwarezmian rxtk (raxtak, “red”), Mazanderani رش (raš, “red (of cattle)”), Northern Kurdish reş (“black”).

### Noun

रक्त • (rakta) stem, m
* red (colour)
* safflower L.
* Barringtonia acutangula L. (freshwater mangrove)
* name of Shiva MBh.
* name of the planet Mars VarBṛS. Sch.
* name of a plant:
** Abrus precatorius (or its seeds as a measure or weight, = रक्तिका) Car.
** Rubia munjista L. (Indian madder)
** Echinops echinatus L. (Indian globe thistle)
* name of one of the 7 tongues of fire L.
* (in music) Name of a श्रुति Saṃgīt.

#### Declension
### Noun

रक्त • (rakta) stem, n
* blood Mn. Hariv. &c.
* a partic. disease of the eyes, Hcat.
* the menstrual fluid L.
* copper L.
* vermilion L.
* cinnabar L.
* saffron L.
* the fruit of Flacourtia cataphracta L.

#### Declension
### Adjective

रक्त • (rakta)
* red
* coloured, dyed
* (grammar) nasalized (said of a vowel)
* impassioned, excited, fond of play
* attached or devoted to, fond of, dear, lovely, beloved

#### Derived terms

* रक्तदन्ती (raktadantī)
* रक्तबीज (raktabīja)
* रक्तहीन (raktahīna)
* रक्ताक्ष (raktākṣa)

#### Descendants

* Assamese: ৰাতা (rata), ৰাতুল (ratul)
* Nepali: रगत (ragat), रातो (rāto)
* Marwari: रगत (ragat)
* Romani: rat
* Punjabi:
** Gurmukhi script: ਰੱਤ (ratta)
** Shahmukhi script: رَتّ (ratt)
* Sindhi: रतु (ratu)
* → Bengali: রক্ত (rokto)
* → Hindustani:
** Hindi: रक्त (rakt)
** Urdu: رکت
* → Kannada: ರಕ್ತ (rakta)
* → Malayalam: രക്തം (raktaṁ)
* → Nepali: रक्त (rakta)
* → Old Marathi: 𑘨𑘎𑘿𑘝 (rakta)
** Marathi: रक्त (rakta)
* → Tamil: ரத்தம் (rattam)
* → Telugu: రక్తము (raktamu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “रक्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0861/2.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 36