రతి
Telugu
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit रति (rati, “rest, repose; pleasure, enjoyment, delight in, fondness for; the pleasure of love, sexual passion or union, amorous enjoyment”).
Noun
రతి • (rati) ? (plural రతులు)
- desire, passion, inclination, attachment
- coition, copulation
- a weight used in weighing diamonds, equal to one twenty-fifth part of a maund
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Proper noun
రతి • (rati) f
- Rati (The wife of Manmatha)
- a female given name from Sanskrit
Synonyms
- రతీదేవి (ratīdēvi)
References
- "రతి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1064