رات
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Kalkoti
Noun
رات (rāt)
Kundal Shahi
Noun
رات (rāt)
References
Ottoman Turkish
Noun
رات • (rat)
Derived terms
- رات كوسترمك (rat göstermek, “to show the lure to a hawk”)
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “رات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 953
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (ratti), from Sanskrit रात्रि (rā́trī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ɾäːt̪/,
Noun
رات • (rāt) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਰਾਤ)
Declension
| Declension of رات | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | رات (rāt) | |
| dir. pl. | راتاں (rātāṉ) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | رات (rāt) | راتاں (rātāṉ) |
| oblique | رات (rāt) | راتاں (rātāṉ) |
| vocative | راتے (rāte) | راتو (rāto) |
| ablative | راتوں (rātoṉ) | راتاں (rātāṉ) |
| locative | راتے (rāte) | راتِیں (rātīṉ) |
| instrumental | راتِیں (rātīṉ) | راتے (rāte) |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “رات”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “رات”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “ਰਾਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rā́trī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 619
Sindhi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (ratti), from Sanskrit रात्रि (rātri).
Pronunciation
Noun
راتِ • (rāti) f (Devanagari राति)
References
- Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “راتِ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
- Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988) “راتِ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Hindi رات (rat /rāt/) / رت (rt) / رتی (rty /ratī/),[1] from Old Hindi رت (rat) / رتی (/ratī/), inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (ratti), from Sanskrit रात्रि (rā́trī).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
رات • (rāt) f (Hindi spelling रात)
- night, nighttime
- رات کو چاند نکلتا ہے۔
- rāt ko cānd nikaltā hai.
- The moon comes out at night.
- eve
- جمعرات ― jumi'rāt ― Thursday (literally, “friday eve”)
- چاند رات ― cānd rāt ― night of the moon (literally, “moon eve”)
- (figurative, poetic) time (a period of time; one that is finite)
- c. 18th century, Mir Taqi Mir (lyrics and music), “جب سے خط ہے سیاہ خال کی تھانگ”:
- بن جو کچھ بن سکے جوانی میں
رات تو تھوڑی ہے بہت ہے سانگ- ban jo kuch ban sake javānī mẽ
rāt to thoṛī hai bahut hai sāṅg - Acquire whatever you can in the season of youth
The task is arduous and the time short
- ban jo kuch ban sake javānī mẽ
- (figuratively) darkness, dark[3]
Declension
| Declension of رات | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | رات (rāt) | راتیں (rātẽ) |
| oblique | رات (rāt) | راتوں (rātõ) |
| vocative | رات (rāt) | راتو (rāto) |
Synonyms
Antonyms
References
Further reading
More information
- “رات”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رات”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “رات”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “رات”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “رات”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC