# رات
## Kalkoti
### Noun

رات (rāt)
* blood
* night

## Kundal Shahi
### Noun

رات (rāt)
* blood

### References

* https://fli-online.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kundal_shahi_introduction.pdf

## Ottoman Turkish
### Noun

رات • (rat)
* (falconry) a falconer's lure

#### Derived terms

* رات كوسترمك (rat göstermek, “to show the lure to a hawk”)

### References

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “رات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 953

## Pahari-Potwari
### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (ratti), from Sanskrit रात्रि॑ (rā́tri), from रात्री॑ (rā́trī), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HráHtriH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- + *-trih₂.

### Pronunciation

* (phr) IPA: /ɾäːt̪/, [ɾäːt̪ˑᵊ]

### Noun

رات (rāt)
* night

## Punjabi
### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (ratti), from Sanskrit रात्रि॑ (rā́tri), from रात्री॑ (rā́trī), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HráHtriH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- + *-trih₂.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Punjabi) IPA: /ɾäːt̪/, [ɾäːt̪ˑᵊ]

### Noun

رات • (rāt) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਰਾਤ)
* night; nighttime
* (figuratively) darkness, dark

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “رات”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
* Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “رات”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
* “ਰਾਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rā́trī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 619

## Sindhi
### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (ratti), from Sanskrit रात्रि (rātri).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rɑt̪ɪ]

### Noun

راتِ • (rāti) f (Devanagari राति)
* night

### References

* Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “راتِ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
* Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988) “راتِ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

## Urdu
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi رات (rat /⁠rāt⁠/) / رت (rt) / رتی (rty /⁠ratī⁠⁠/), from Old Hindi رت (rat) / رتی (/⁠ratī⁠/), inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (ratti), from Sanskrit रात्रि (rā́trī).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɾɑːt̪/
* Audio (Pakistan):(file)
* Audio (India):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

### Noun

رات • (rāt) f (Hindi spelling रात)
* night, nighttime
    رات کو چاند نکلتا ہے۔rāt ko cānd nikaltā hai.The moon comes out at night.
* eve
    جمعرات ― jumi'rāt ― Thursday (literally, “friday eve”)
    چاند رات ― cānd rāt ― night of the moon (literally, “moon eve”)
* (figurative, poetic) time (a period of time; one that is finite)
** c. 18th century, Mir Taqi Mir (lyrics and music), “جب سے خط ہے سیاہ خال کی تھانگ”‎:بن جو کچھ بن سکے جوانی میں رات تو تھوڑی ہے بہت ہے سانگban jo kuch ban sake javānī mẽ rāt to thoṛī hai bahut hai sāṅgAcquire whatever you can in the season of youth The task is arduous and the time short
* (figuratively) darkness, dark

#### Synonyms

* (evening or night time): شَب (śab), لَیل (lail), رَین (rain), نِسا (nisā), عِشا ('iśā)

#### Antonyms

* (evening or night time): دِن (din), صُبَح (subah), فَجَر (fajar)

### References

* ↑ “رات”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* ↑ Platts, John T. (1884) “رات”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* ↑ S. W. Fallon (1879) “رات”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
* ↑ John Shakespear (1834) “رات”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rā́trī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 619
* ↑ Farhang-i-Asifiya

### Further reading

* “رات”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “رات”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]