Hindi · noun

रात

rāt‘the dark part of the day’
simplex — no productive affix

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
night
night
French
nuit
nuit
Hindi
रातrāt
रात
Telugu
రాత్రిrātri
రాత్రి
Tamil
இரவுiravu
இரவு

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  1. 01रात (rāt) is a Hindi noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
    • rulerule:simplex
  2. 02Its meaning ('the dark part of the day') can be approximated as NEG(SEE) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.2 steps
  3. 03रात is inherited from Sanskrit रात्रि rātri ‘night’ (confidence 0.70).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:night-skt-hi0.70
    • sourcecdial0.70
  4. 04Aligned forms: English night (translation equivalent); French nuit (translation equivalent); Tamil இரவு (iravu) (translation equivalent); Telugu రాత్రి (rātri) (translation equivalent).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment

Where it came from

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  1. रात्रि rātriSanskrit— inherited →रात accepted
    cdial0.70