raatrani

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Marathi रातराणी (rātrāṇī).

Noun

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raatrani (plural raatranis)

  1. (India) The night-blooming cestrum, Cestrum nocturnum.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 278:
      It was still dark and the raatranis had not withdrawn into themselves yet.
    • 2011, Rani Dharker, Anurima:
      It was a pleasant evening up on the terrace with the breeze, a full moon and the sweet smell of the raatrani.
    • 2013, Sachin Kundalkar, translated by Jerry Pinto, Cobalt Blue:
      It was only when the rain stopped and the smell of the raat rani came pouring into the room that Arindam got up to leave.