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रत्न

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रत्न (ratna). Doublet of रतन (ratan).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɾət̪.nᵊ/, [ɾɐt̪̚.nᵊ]
  • (epenthetic) (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɾə.t̪ən/, [ɾɐ.t̪ɐ̃n]

Noun edit

रत्न • (ratna) m

  1. jewel, gem, precious stone
  2. treasure

Declension edit

Declension of रत्न (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct रत्न
ratna 		रत्न
ratna
oblique रत्न
ratna 		रत्नों
ratnõ
vocative रत्न
ratna 		रत्नो
ratno

Marathi edit

 
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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रत्न (ratna).[1]

Noun edit

रत्न • (ratna) n

  1. gem, jewel, precious stone[1]
  2. collective term for 14 precious things generated during Samudra manthan.[1]
  3. (figuratively) term of praise for an excellent thing in general; jewel[1]

Derived terms edit

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References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “रत्न”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Nepali edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रत्न (ratna).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

रत्न • (ratna)

  1. gem, jewel

Sanskrit edit

Alternative forms edit

Alternative scripts

Etymology edit

From राति (√rā, “to grant, give, bestow”).

Noun edit

रत्न • (rátna) stem, n

  1. gift, present, goods, wealth, riches (RV., AV., ŚBr.)
  2. jewel, gem, treasure, precious stone (the nine jewel are pearl, ruby, topaz, diamond, emerald, lapis lazuli, coral, sapphire, गोमेद (gomeda); hence ratna is a name for the number 9; but according to some 14) (Mn. MBh. etc.)
  3. anything valuable or best of its kind (e. g. पुत्ररत्न (putra-ratna, “an excellent son”))
  4. magnet, loadstone (Kap., Sch.) (compare मणि (maṇi))
  5. water (L.)
  6. = रत्नहविस् (ratna-havis) (ŚBr.)

Declension edit

Neuter a-stem declension of रत्न
Nom. sg. रत्नम् (ratnam)
Gen. sg. रत्नस्य (ratnasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative रत्नम् (ratnam) रत्ने (ratne) रत्नानि (ratnāni)
Vocative रत्न (ratna) रत्ने (ratne) रत्नानि (ratnāni)
Accusative रत्नम् (ratnam) रत्ने (ratne) रत्नानि (ratnāni)
Instrumental रत्नेन (ratnena) रत्नाभ्याम् (ratnābhyām) रत्नैः (ratnaiḥ)
Dative रत्नाय (ratnāya) रत्नाभ्याम् (ratnābhyām) रत्नेभ्यः (ratnebhyaḥ)
Ablative रत्नात् (ratnāt) रत्नाभ्याम् (ratnābhyām) रत्नेभ्यः (ratnebhyaḥ)
Genitive रत्नस्य (ratnasya) रत्नयोः (ratnayoḥ) रत्नानाम् (ratnānām)
Locative रत्ने (ratne) रत्नयोः (ratnayoḥ) रत्नेषु (ratneṣu)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “ৰত্ন”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 2373
  • Monier Williams (1899) “रत्न”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0864.
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