رتی

Old Hindi

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)

Inherited from Apabhramsa रत्ति (ratti), from Prakrit 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (ratti), from Sanskrit रात्रि (rā́tri).

Noun

رتی (rty /ratī⁠/) f (Devanagari राति)

1. night
   • c. 1300, Amir Khusrau, Rekhta‎^[1]:

     سکھی پیا کو جو میں نہ دیکھوں تو کیسے کاٹوں اندھیری رتیاں

     skhy pya kv jv myṉ nh dykhvṉ tv kyse kaṭvṉ andhyry rtyaṉ

     /sakhī piyā ko jo ma͠i na dekhū̃ to kaise kāṭū̃ andherī ratiyā̃/

     If I cannot see my beloved lady, how will I spend these gloomy nights

Descendants

Descendants

• Braj: रात (rāt)
• Bundeli: रात (rāt)
• Kannauji: रात
• Middle Hindi: رت (rt /⁠rat⁠/), رات (rat /⁠rāt⁠/)
  • Hindustani: rāt

    Hindi: रात

    Urdu: رات

Further reading

• Winand M. Callewaert, Swapna Sharma (2009) “राति [रात] f. night.”, in Dictionary of Bhakti, Ramesh Nagar Metro Station, New Delhi 110 015: D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd., →ISBN, page 1798, column 2.