రతి

Telugu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रति (rati, “rest, repose; pleasure, enjoyment, delight in, fondness for; the pleasure of love, sexual passion or union, amorous enjoyment”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -తి

Noun

రతి • (rati) ? (plural రతులు)

1. desire, passion, inclination, attachment.
2. coition, copulation.
3. A weight used in weighing diamonds. One twenty-fifth part of a Maund.

Synonyms

• సురతము (suratamu)
• సంభోగము (sambhōgamu)

Derived terms

• ఉపరతి (uparati)
• పరరతి (pararati)
• సమరతి (samarati)

Proper noun

రతి • (rati) f

1. The name of the wife of Manmatha.
2. a female given name from Sanskrit

References

• "రతి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1064