رات

See also: رأت and ذات

Kalkoti

Noun

رات (rāt)

1. blood
2. night

Kundal Shahi

Noun

رات (rāt)

1. blood

References

• https://fli-online.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kundal_shahi_introduction.pdf

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

رات • (rat)

1. (falconry) a falconer's lure

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^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 953

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Indo-European *-trih₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *HráHtriH

Sanskrit रात्री॑ (rā́trī)

Sanskrit रात्रि॑ (rā́tri)

Prakrit 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (ratti)

Pahari-Potwari رات (rāt)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (ratti), from Sanskrit रात्रि॑ (rā́tri), from रात्री॑ (rā́trī), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HráHtriH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- + *-trih₂.

Pronunciation

• (phr) IPA^(key): /ɾäːt̪/, [ɾäːt̪ˑᵊ]

Noun

رات (rāt)

1. night

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Indo-European *-trih₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *HráHtriH

Sanskrit रात्री॑ (rā́trī)

Sanskrit रात्रि॑ (rā́tri)

Prakrit 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (ratti)

Punjabi رات (rāt)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (ratti), from Sanskrit रात्रि॑ (rā́tri), from रात्री॑ (rā́trī), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HráHtriH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- + *-trih₂.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɾäːt̪/, [ɾäːt̪ˑᵊ]

Noun

رات • (rāt) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਰਾਤ)

1. night; nighttime
2. (figuratively) darkness, dark

Declension

Declension of رات

	singular	plural
direct	رات (rāt)	راتاں (rātāṉ)
oblique	رات (rāt)	راتاں (rātāṉ)
vocative	راتے (rāte)	راتو (rāto)
ablative	راتوں (rātoṉ)	راتاں (rātāṉ)
locative	راتی (rātī)	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, 2025
• 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

• IPA^(key): [rɑt̪ɪ]

Noun

راتِ • (rāti) f (Devanagari राति)

1. night

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Indo-European *-trih₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *HráHtriH

Sanskrit रात्री॑ (rā́trī)

Sanskrit रात्रि॑ (rā́tri)

Prakrit 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (ratti)

Old Hindi رتی (rty)

Urdu رات (rāt)

Inherited from Middle Hindi رات (rat /⁠rāt⁠/) / رت (rt) / رتی (rty /⁠ratī⁠⁠/), from Old Hindi رت (rat) / رتی (/⁠ratī⁠/), inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (ratti), from Sanskrit रात्रि (rā́trī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːt̪/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

رات • (rāt) f (Hindi spelling रात)

1. night, nighttime

   رات کو چاند نکلتا ہے۔

   rāt ko cānd nikaltā hai.

   The moon comes out at night.

2. eve

   جمعرات ― jumi'rāt ― Thursday (literally, “friday eve”)

   چاند رات ― cānd rāt ― night of the moon (literally, “moon eve”)

3. (figurative, poetic) time (a period of time; one that is finite)
   • c. 18th century, Mir Taqi Mir, “جب سے خط ہے سیاہ خال کی تھانگ”‎^[2]:

     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

4. (figuratively) darkness, dark

Declension

Declension of رات

	singular	plural
direct	رات (rāt)	راتیں (rātẽ)
oblique	رات (rāt)	راتوں (rātõ)
vocative	رات (rāt)	راتو (rāto)

Synonyms

• (evening or night time): شَب (śab), لَیل (lail), رَین (rain), نِسا (nisā), عِشا ('iśā)

Antonyms

• (evening or night time): دِن (din), صُبَح (subah), فَجَر (fajar)

Further reading

• “رات”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “رات”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]