रति

See also: राता, रात, रातो, राति, रेत, रुत, रीत, and रुतु

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रति (ráti).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾə.t̪iː/, [ɾɐ.t̪iː]

Noun

रति • (rati) f (Urdu spelling رتی)

1. pleasure, enjoyment, delight, joy
2. desire, love, attachment, fondness, regard, favour

   Antonym: अरति (arati)

3. the pleasure of love, sexual passion

   Synonym: रतिरस (ratiras)

4. sexual intercourse

Declension

Declension of रति (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रति rati	रतियाँ ratiyā̃
oblique	रति rati	रतियों ratiyõ
vocative	रति rati	रतियो ratiyo

Proper noun

रति • (rati) f (Urdu spelling رتی)

1. Rati, the wife of Kamadeva

Declension

Declension of रति (sg-only fem i-stem)

	singular
direct	रति rati
oblique	रति rati
vocative	रति rati

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “रति”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ৰতি (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• রতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ရတိ (Burmese script)
• રતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਰਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ರತಿ (Kannada script)
• រតិ (Khmer script)
• ຣຕິ (Lao script)
• രതി (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ରତି (Odia script)
• ꢬꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• රති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ரதி (Tamil script)
• రతి (Telugu script)
• รติ (Thai script)
• ར་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root रम् (ram, “to enjoy”) +‎ -ति (-ti).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ́.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɾɐ.t̪i/

Proper noun

रति • (ráti) stem, f

1. name of the sixth kala of the moon
2. name of an apsaras
3. name of the wife of vibhu (mother of pṛthuṣeṇa)
4. name of a magical incantation recited over weapons
5. name of a metre
6. Rati, the wife of kāmadeva

Noun

रति • (ráti) stem, f

1. rest, repose
2. pleasure, enjoyment, delight in, fondness
3. the pleasure of love, sexual passion or union, amorous enjoyment
4. the pudenda
5. pleasure house

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of रति (ráti)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रतिः rátiḥ	रती rátī	रतयः rátayaḥ
Vocative	रते ráte	रती rátī	रतयः rátayaḥ
Accusative	रतिम् rátim	रती rátī	रतीः rátīḥ
Instrumental	रत्या / रती¹ rátyā / rátī¹	रतिभ्याम् rátibhyām	रतिभिः rátibhiḥ
Dative	रतये / रत्यै² / रती¹ rátaye / rátyai² / rátī¹	रतिभ्याम् rátibhyām	रतिभ्यः rátibhyaḥ
Ablative	रतेः / रत्याः² / रत्यै³ ráteḥ / rátyāḥ² / rátyai³	रतिभ्याम् rátibhyām	रतिभ्यः rátibhyaḥ
Genitive	रतेः / रत्याः² / रत्यै³ ráteḥ / rátyāḥ² / rátyai³	रत्योः rátyoḥ	रतीनाम् rátīnām
Locative	रतिम् rátim	रत्योः rátyoḥ	रतिषु rátiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → Telugu: రతి (rati)
• → Hindi: रति (rati)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 867.