रैन

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀭𑀬𑀡𑀻 (rayaṇī), from Sanskrit रजनी (rajanī), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hráȷ́aniH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HráǰaniH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁régʷenih₂, from *h₁régʷos (“darkness”). Compare Gujarati રયણી (rayaṇī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾɛːn/, [ɾɛ̃ːn]

Noun

रैन • (rain) f (Urdu spelling رین)

1. (chiefly poetic) the night

   Synonym: रात (rāt)

   • 2012, “Jiya Lage Na”, in Javed Akhtar (lyrics), Ram Sampath (music), Talaash, performed by Sona Mohapatra:

     ओ मैं मुस्काऊं, सबसे छुपाऊं
     व्याकुल हूँ दिन रैन

     o ma͠i muskāū̃, sabse chupāū̃
     vyākul hū̃ din rain

     When I smile, I hide from everyone,
     I am distraught day and night

Declension

Declension of रैन (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रैन rain	रैनें rainẽ
oblique	रैन rain	रैनों rainõ
vocative	रैन rain	रैनो raino

Derived terms

• रैनबसेरा (rainbaserā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रैन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 871