रति

See also: राता, रात, रातो, राति, रेत, रुत, रीत, and रुतु

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रति (ráti).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾə.t̪iː/, [ɾɐ.t̪iː]

Noun

रति • (rati) f (Urdu spelling رتی)

1. pleasure, enjoyment, delight, joy
2. desire, love, attachment, fondness, regard, favour

   Antonym: अरति (arati)

3. the pleasure of love, sexual passion

   Synonym: रतिरस (ratiras)

4. sexual intercourse

Declension

Declension of रति (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रति rati	रतियाँ ratiyā̃
oblique	रति rati	रतियों ratiyõ
vocative	रति rati	रतियो ratiyo

Proper noun

रति • (rati) f (Urdu spelling رتی)

1. Rati, the wife of Kamadeva

Declension

Declension of रति (sg-only fem i-stem)

	singular
direct	रति rati
oblique	रति rati
vocative	रति rati

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “रति”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ৰতি (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• রতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ရတိ (Burmese script)
• રતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਰਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ರತಿ (Kannada script)
• រតិ (Khmer script)
• ຣຕິ (Lao script)
• രതി (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ରତି (Odia script)
• ꢬꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• රති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ரதி (Tamil script)
• రతి (Telugu script)
• รติ (Thai script)
• ར་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root रम् (ram, “to enjoy”) +‎ -ति (-ti).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ́.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ.t̪i/

Proper noun

रति • (ráti) stem, f

1. name of the sixth kala of the moon
2. name of an apsaras
3. name of the wife of vibhu (mother of pṛthuṣeṇa)
4. name of a magical incantation recited over weapons
5. name of a metre
6. Rati, the wife of kāmadeva

Noun

रति • (ráti) stem, f

1. rest, repose
2. pleasure, enjoyment, delight in, fondness
3. the pleasure of love, sexual passion or union, amorous enjoyment
4. the pudenda
5. pleasure house

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of रति

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	रतिः (rátiḥ)	रती (rátī)	रतयः (rátayaḥ)
vocative	रते (ráte)	रती (rátī)	रतयः (rátayaḥ)
accusative	रतिम् (rátim)	रती (rátī)	रतीः (rátīḥ)
instrumental	रत्या (rátyā) रती¹ (rátī¹)	रतिभ्याम् (rátibhyām)	रतिभिः (rátibhiḥ)
dative	रतये (rátaye) रत्यै² (rátyai²) रती¹ (rátī¹)	रतिभ्याम् (rátibhyām)	रतिभ्यः (rátibhyaḥ)
ablative	रतेः (ráteḥ) रत्याः² (rátyāḥ²) रत्यै³ (rátyai³)	रतिभ्याम् (rátibhyām)	रतिभ्यः (rátibhyaḥ)
genitive	रतेः (ráteḥ) रत्याः² (rátyāḥ²) रत्यै³ (rátyai³)	रत्योः (rátyoḥ)	रतीनाम् (rátīnām)
locative	रतिम् (rátim)	रत्योः (rátyoḥ)	रतिषु (rátiṣu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Later Sanskrit
• ³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → Telugu: రతి (rati)
• → Hindi: रति (rati)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 867.