रत्न
Hindi
Alternative forms
- रतन (ratan)
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
रत्न • (ratna) m
Nepali
Etymology
Noun
रत्न • (ratna)
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ৰত্ন (Assamese script)
- ᬭᬢ᭄ᬦ (Balinese script)
- রত্ন (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰝𑰿𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ရတ္န (Burmese script)
- રત્ન (Gujarati script)
- ਰਤ੍ਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦫꦠ꧀ꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂞𑂹𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ರತ್ನ (Kannada script)
- រត្ន (Khmer script)
- ຣຕ຺ນ (Lao script)
- രത്ന (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᠠᢠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘨𑘝𑘿𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠠᢐᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧈𑦽𑧠𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑐟𑑂𑐣 (Newa script)
- ରତ୍ନ (Odia script)
- ꢬꢡ꣄ꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆠𑇀𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖝𑖿𑖡 (Siddham script)
- රත්න (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩼𑩫 𑪙𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚤𑚙𑚶𑚝 (Takri script)
- ரத்ந (Tamil script)
- రత్న (Telugu script)
- รตฺน (Thai script)
- ར་ཏྣ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒞𑓂𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨙𑩇𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From राति (√rā, “to grant, give, bestow”).
Noun
रत्न • (rátna) stem, n
- gift, present, goods, wealth, riches (RV., AV., ŚBr.)
- jewel, gem, treasure, precious stone (the nine jewel are pearl, ruby, topaz, diamond, emerald, lapis lazuli, coral, sapphire, गोमेद (gomeda); hence ratna is a name for the number 9; but according to some 14) (Mn. MBh. etc.)
- anything valuable or best of its kind (e. g. पुत्ररत्न (putra-ratna, “an excellent son”))
- magnet, loadstone (Kap., Sch.) (compare मणि (maṇi))
- water (L.)
- = रत्नहविस् (ratna-havis) (ŚBr.)
Declension
| Neuter a-stem declension of रत्न | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | रत्नम् (ratnam) | ||
| Gen. sg. | रत्नस्य (ratnasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | रत्नम् (ratnam) | रत्ने (ratne) | रत्नानि (ratnāni) |
| Vocative | रत्न (ratna) | रत्ने (ratne) | रत्नानि (ratnāni) |
| Accusative | रत्नम् (ratnam) | रत्ने (ratne) | रत्नानि (ratnāni) |
| Instrumental | रत्नेन (ratnena) | रत्नाभ्याम् (ratnābhyām) | रत्नैः (ratnaiḥ) |
| Dative | रत्नाय (ratnāya) | रत्नाभ्याम् (ratnābhyām) | रत्नेभ्यः (ratnebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | रत्नात् (ratnāt) | रत्नाभ्याम् (ratnābhyām) | रत्नेभ्यः (ratnebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | रत्नस्य (ratnasya) | रत्नयोः (ratnayoḥ) | रत्नानाम् (ratnānām) |
| Locative | रत्ने (ratne) | रत्नयोः (ratnayoḥ) | रत्नेषु (ratneṣu) |
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “रत्न”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0864.