రతి

See also: రాత, రీతి, and రోత

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)

1. desire, passion, inclination, attachment
2. coition, copulation
3. a weight used in weighing diamonds, equal to one twenty-fifth part of a maund

Synonyms

• సురతము (suratamu)
• సంభోగము (sambhōgamu)

Derived terms

• ఉపరతి (uparati)
• పరరతి (pararati)
• సమరతి (samarati)

Proper noun

రతి • (rati) f

1. Rati (The wife of Manmatha)
2. 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