रात

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

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Indo-European *-trih₂

Proto-Indo-European *h₁réh₁-trih₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *HráHtriH

Sanskrit रात्री॑ (rā́trī)

Sanskrit रात्रि॑ (rā́tri)

Prakrit 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (ratti)

Old Hindi رتی (rty)

Hindi रात

Inherited from Old Hindi राति (rāti), from Prakrit 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (ratti), from Sanskrit रात्रि (rā́tri). See there for more. Doublet of रात्रि (rātri), a tatsama.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːt̪/, [ɾäːt̪]

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• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

रात • (rāt) f (Urdu spelling رات)

1. night

   Synonyms: रात्रि (rātri), रैन (rain), निशा (niśā), रजनी (rajnī)

   Antonym: दिन (din)

Declension

Declension of रात (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रात rāt	रातें rātẽ
oblique	रात rāt	रातों rātõ
vocative	रात rāt	रातो rāto

Derived terms

• रात भर (rāt bhar)
• दिन-रात (din-rāt, “day and night”)
• रात को (rāt ko, “at night, nightly”)
• रातों रात (rātõ rāt, “in the middle of the night, night by night”)
• सुहाग-रात (suhāg-rāt, “wedding night”)

Konkani

Noun

रात • (rāt) f (Latin script rat, Kannada script ರಾತ್)

1. night

Marwari

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati रात (rāta), from Prakrit 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (ratti), from Sanskrit रात्रि॒ (rā́tri).

Noun

रात (rāt) f

1. night

References

• Bhanwar, Lal Suthar; Gahlot, Sukhveer Singh (1998), राजस्थानी-हिन्दी-अंग्रेजी कोश [rājasthānī-hindī-aṅgrejī koś, Rajasthani-Hindi-English Dictionary] (in Hindi), Jodhpur: Bharat Printers (Press), page 286
• Lalas, Sitaram (2013), “रात”, in राजस्थानी सबद कोस: राजस्थानी-हिन्दी वृहद् कोश [rājasthānī sabad kos: rājasthānī-hindī vŕhad koś] (in Hindi), 2^nd edition, Jodhpur: चौपासनी शिक्षा समिती [caupāsnī śikṣā samitī].

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rät̪]
• Phonetic Devanagari: रात्

Noun

रात • (rāt)

1. night