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ratti

fem nom sg of ratti (noun); fem voc sg of ratti (noun)

  1. night

Etymology. From Proto-Indo-European *h₂reǵ- 'darkness, night'; cognate with Sanskrit rātri, Latin ater (dark), and Greek orthros (dawn, darkness). The root sense is 'covering darkness'; the -tti ending is a feminine derivative formation.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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