रायता

Hindi

Alternative forms

• राइता (rāitā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit राजिका (rājikā, “mustard”) +‎ तिक्त (tikta, “pungent, bitter”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːj.t̪ɑː/, [ɾäːj.t̪äː]

Noun

रायता • (rāytā) m (Urdu spelling رائتہ)

1. raita (an Indian dish made with yogurt and occasionally vegetables)

Declension

Declension of रायता (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रायता rāytā	रायते rāyte
oblique	रायते rāyte	रायतों rāytõ
vocative	रायते rāyte	रायतो rāyto

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “रायता”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4169
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रायता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 862
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rāytā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press