raatrani
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Marathi रातराणी (rātrāṇī).
Noun
raatrani (plural raatranis)
- (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- It was still dark and the raatranis had not withdrawn into themselves yet.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.