رات

See also: رأت‎ and ذات‎

Kalkoti

Noun

رات (rāt)

1. blood
2. night

---

Kundal Shahi

Noun

رات (rāt)

1. blood

References

• https://fli-online.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kundal_shahi_introduction.pdf

---

Sindhi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (ratti), from Sanskrit रात्रि (rātri).

Noun

رات (rāt)

1. night

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (ratti), from Sanskrit रात्रि (rātri). First attested as Old Hindi رات (rāt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːt̪/

• Audio (PK)

  (file)

• Audio (IN)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

رات • (rāt) f (Hindi spelling रात)

1. (chiefly) night, nighttime

   ‏رات کو چاند نکلتا ہے۔‎‎

   rāt ko cānd nikaltā hai.

   The moon comes out at night.

2. eve

   ‏جمعرات‎ ― jumi'rāt ― Thursday (literally, “friday eve”)

   ‏چاند رات‎ ― cānd rāt ― night of the moon (literally, “moon eve”)

3. (figuratively) darkness, dark

Declension

Declension of رات
	singular	plural
direct	رات‎ (rāt)	راتیں‎ (rātẽ)
oblique	رات‎ (rāt)	راتوں‎ (rātõ)
vocative	رات‎ (rāt)	راتو‎ (rāto)

Synonyms

• (evening or night time): شَب‎ (śab), لیل‎ (lel), رَین‎ (rain), عِشا‎ (’iśā)

Antonyms

• (evening or night time): دِن‎ (din), صُبَح‎ (ṣubaḥ), فَجَر‎ (fajar)

References

• “رات”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “رات”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “رات”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.