रक्सी

Nepali

Raksi distillery in Nepal.

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan རག་ཤི (rag shi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rʌksi]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: रक्सि
  • (Kathmandu) IPA(key): [ˈrɒksi]

Noun

रक्सी • (raksī)

  1. raksi (traditional distilled alcoholic beverage in Nepal and Tibet)
    रक्सी खानु सट्टा मासु खानुहोस्।
    raksī khānu saṭṭā māsu khānuhos.
    Instead of drinking raksi, eat some meat.
  2. alcoholic beverage in general
    अब देखि रक्सी खान्न भनेर श्रीमतीसँग बाचा गरे।
    aba dekhi raksī khānna bhanera śrīmatīsãga bācā gare.
    I promised my wife that from now on I won't drink liquor.
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