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rattiṁ

ratti

feminine noun, accusative singular (rattiṁ)

  1. night
  2. darkness

Etymology. Sanskrit rātri, from PIE *reg- 'to stretch out, extend in time'; cognate with English 'rath' (early, soon) in the sense of 'time extending from evening'.

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

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