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Hindi
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Hindi रात (rāt)
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
Noun
रात • (rāt) f (Urdu spelling رات)
- night
- Synonyms: रात्रि (rātri), रैन (rain), निशा (niśā), रजनी (rajnī)
- Antonym: दिन (din)
Declension
Declension of रात (fem cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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रात
rāt
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रातें
rātẽ
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| oblique
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रात
rāt
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रातों
rātõ
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| vocative
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रात
rāt
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रातो
rāto
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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)
- night
Marwari
Etymology
From Sanskrit रात्रि (rā́tri).
Noun
रात (rāt) ?
- 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
Nepali
Pronunciation
Noun
रात • (rāt)
- night