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).^[1]

Noun

رتی (rty /ratī⁠/) f (Devanagari राति)

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

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rā́trī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 619

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.