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رات

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See also: رأت and ذات

Kalkoti

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Noun

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رات (rāt)

  1. blood
  2. night

Kundal Shahi

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Noun

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رات (rāt)

  1. blood

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Ottoman Turkish

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Noun

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رات (rat)

  1. (falconry) a falconer's lure

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (ratti), from Sanskrit रात्रि॑ (rā́tri), from रात्री॑ (rā́trī), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HráHtriH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- + *-trih₂.

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    رات (rātf (Gurmukhi spelling ਰਾਤ)

    1. night; nighttime
    2. (figuratively) darkness, dark

    Declension

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    Declension of رات
    dir. sg. رات (rāt)
    dir. pl. راتاں (rātāṉ)
    singular plural
    direct رات (rāt) راتاں (rātāṉ)
    oblique رات (rāt) راتاں (rātāṉ)
    vocative راتے (rāte) راتو (rāto)
    ablative راتوں (rātoṉ) راتاں (rātāṉ)
    locative راتی (rātī) راتِیں (rātīṉ)
    instrumental راتِیں (rātīṉ) راتے (rāte)

    Further reading

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    • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “رات”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
    • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “رات”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
    • ਰਾਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rā́trī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 619

    Sindhi

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    Etymology

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

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    Noun

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    راتِ (rātif (Devanagari राति)

    1. night

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    • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “راتِ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
    • Khānu, Balocu (19601988) “راتِ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

    Urdu

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    Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:
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      Inherited from Middle Hindi رات (rat /⁠rāt⁠/) / رت (rt) / رتی (rty /⁠ratī⁠⁠/),[1] from Old Hindi رت (rat) / رتی (/⁠ratī⁠/), inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (ratti),[2][3] from Sanskrit रात्रि (rā́trī).[4][5]

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      Noun

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      رات (rātf (Hindi spelling रात)

      1. night, nighttime
        رات کو چاند نکلتا ہے۔
        rāt ko cānd nikaltā hai.
        The moon comes out at night.
      2. eve
        جمعراتjumi'rātThursday (literally, “friday eve”)
        چاند راتcānd rātnight of the moon (literally, “moon eve”)
      3. (figurative, poetic) time (a period of time; one that is finite)
        • c. 18th century, Mir Taqi Mir (lyrics and music), “جب سے خط ہے سیاہ خال کی تھانگ”‎[2]:
          بن جو کچھ بن سکے جوانی میں
          رات تو تھوڑی ہے بہت ہے سانگ
          ban jo kuch ban sake javānī mẽ
          rāt to thoṛī hai bahut hai sāṅg
          Acquire whatever you can in the season of youth
          The task is arduous and the time short
      4. (figuratively) darkness, dark[6]

      Declension

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

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      References

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      1. ^ رات”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
      2. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “رات”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
      3. ^ S. W. Fallon (1879) “رات”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
      4. ^ John Shakespear (1834) “رات”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
      5. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rā́trī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 619
      6. ^ Farhang-i-Asifiya

      Further reading

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      • رات”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
      • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رات”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.