raatrani

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi रातराणी (rātrāṇī).

Noun

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     It was still dark and the raatranis had not withdrawn into themselves yet.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.