रात
rāt‘the dark part of the day’
simplex — no productive affix
The same meaning in all five languages
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night
nuit
रात
రాత్రి
இரவு
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How the graph explains it
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01रात (rāt) is a Hindi noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
- rulerule:simplex
02Its meaning ('the dark part of the day') can be approximated as NEG(SEE) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.2 steps
- rulerule:atom-structure
- atomatom:SEE
03रात is inherited from Sanskrit रात्रि rātri ‘night’ (confidence 0.70).3 steps
- rulerule:etymology-hop
- edgeedge:night-skt-hi0.70
- sourcecdial0.70
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
Full lineage graph →- रात्रि rātriSanskrit— inherited →रात acceptedcdial0.70