# रहस्य
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रहस्य (rahasya).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɾə.ɦəs.jᵊ/, [ɾɛ.ɦɛs.jᵊ]

### Noun

रहस्य • (rahasya) m (Urdu spelling رہسیہ)
* secret, mystery
    Synonyms: राज़ (rāz), भेद (bhed)
    उसके स्वास्थ्य का रहस्य क्या है?uske svāsthya kā rahasya kyā hai?What is the secret to his health?
    थानेदार ने रहस्य झट से खोल दिया।thānedār ne rahasya jhaṭ se khol diyā.The police inspector quickly solved the mystery.

#### Derived terms

* रहस्यपूर्ण (rahasyapūrṇ, “mysterious, secretive”)
* रहस्यपूर्णता (rahasyapūrṇatā, “mysteriousness”)
* रहस्यमय (rahasyamay, “mystery”)
* रहस्यमयता (rahasyamaytā, “mysteriousness”)

### Further reading

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “रहस्य”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “रहस्य”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रहस्य (rahasya).

### Pronunciation

* 'IPA: /ɾə.ɦəs.jə/, [ɾəs.jə]

### Noun

रहस्य • (rahasya) n
* secret
    Synonym: गुपित (gupit)
* mystery, suspence
    Synonyms: गूढ (gūḍh), गौडबंगाल (gauḍbaṅgāl)

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “रहस्य”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৰহস্য (Assamese script)
* ᬭᬳᬲ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
* রহস্য (Bengali script)
* 𑰨𑰮𑰭𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀭𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* ရဟသျ (Burmese script)
* રહસ્ય (Gujarati script)
* ਰਹਸ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌰𑌹𑌸𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦫꦲꦱꦾ (Javanese script)
* 𑂩𑂯𑂮𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ರಹಸ್ಯ (Kannada script)
* រហស្យ (Khmer script)
* ຣຫສ຺ຍ (Lao script)
* രഹസ്യ (Malayalam script)
* ᡵᠠᡥᠠᠰ᠌ᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘨𑘮𑘭𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᠷᠠᠾᠠᠰᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧈𑧎𑧍𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐬𑐴𑐳𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
* ରହସ୍ଯ (Odia script)
* ꢬꢲꢱ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆫𑆲𑆱𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖨𑖮𑖭𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
* රහස්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩼𑪂𑪁 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚤𑚩𑚨𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
* ரஹஸ்ய (Tamil script)
* రహస్య (Telugu script)
* รหสฺย (Thai script)
* ར་ཧ་སྱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒩𑒯𑒮𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨫𑨱𑨰𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *raȷ́ʰ- (“secret, mystery; to abandon”), with further origin uncertain. Mayrhofer tentatively derived the root from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lay”) originally, but later doubts this derivation. Cognate with Persian راز (râz). Also related to रहति (rahati, “to abandon”). The Sanskrit root is रह् (rah).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɾɐ.ɦɐs.jɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɾɐ.ɦɐs̪.jɐ/

### Adjective

रहस्य • (rahasya) stem
* secret, private, clandestine, concealed, mysterious

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

### Noun

रहस्य • (rahasya) stem, n
* a secret, any secret doctrine or mystery, any subtle or recondite point, mystical or esoteric teaching

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Descendants

* → Bengali: রহস্য (rohośśo)
* Pali: rahassa
** → Thai: รหัส (rá-hàt)
* → Hindi: रहस्य (rahasya)
* → Kannada: ರಹಸ್ಯ (rahasya)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀭𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (rahassa)
* → Marathi: रहस्य (rahasya)
* → Malay: rahsia
** → Indonesian: rahasia
* → Malayalam: രഹസ്യം (rahasyaṁ)
* → Tamil: ரகசியம் (rakaciyam)
* → Telugu: రహస్యము (rahasyamu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “रहस्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0871.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 49
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “rasā́- - RĀ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 442