"नक्ति" meaning in Sanskrit

See नक्ति in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /nɐ́k.ti/ [Vedic], [nɐ́k̚.ti] [Vedic], /n̪ɐk.t̪i/ [Classical-Sanskrit], [n̪ɐk̚.t̪i] [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-Iranian *nákts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Cognate with Lithuanian naktis, Ancient Greek νύξ (núx), Latin nox, Russian ночь (nočʹ), Old English niht (whence English night). Etymology templates: {{dercat|sa|inc-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*nákts}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *nákts, {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*nókʷts}} Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts, {{cog|lt|naktis}} Lithuanian naktis, {{cog|grc|νύξ}} Ancient Greek νύξ (núx), {{cog|la|nox}} Latin nox, {{cog|ru|ночь}} Russian ночь (nočʹ), {{cog|ang|niht}} Old English niht, {{cog|en|night}} English night Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=f|tr=nákti}} नक्ति • (nákti) stem, f Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-f|nákti}} Forms: nákti [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], नक्तिः [nominative, singular], नक्ती [dual, nominative], नक्तयः [nominative, plural], नक्तिम् [accusative, singular], नक्ती [accusative, dual], नक्तीः [accusative, plural], नक्त्या [instrumental, singular], नक्ती1 [instrumental, singular], नक्तिभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], नक्तिभिः [instrumental, plural], नक्तये [dative, singular], नक्त्यै2 [dative, singular], नक्ती1 [dative, singular], नक्तिभ्याम् [dative, dual], नक्तिभ्यः [dative, plural], नक्तेः [ablative, singular], नक्त्याः2 [ablative, singular], नक्त्यै3 [ablative, singular], नक्तिभ्याम् [ablative, dual], नक्तिभ्यः [ablative, plural], नक्तेः [genitive, singular], नक्त्याः2 [genitive, singular], नक्त्यै3 [genitive, singular], नक्त्योः [dual, genitive], नक्तीनाम् [genitive, plural], नक्तौ [locative, singular], नक्त्याम्2 [locative, singular], नक्ता1 [locative, singular], नक्त्योः [dual, locative], नक्तिषु [locative, plural], नक्ते [singular, vocative], नक्ती [dual, vocative], नक्तयः [plural, vocative]
  1. night Related terms: नक्त (nákta)
    Sense id: en-नक्ति-sa-noun-F2Rz1zEz Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Synonyms: अकाल, अक्ता, अक्तु, अन्धिका, अञ्जन, असिक्नी, असुरा, आवसति, अव्यथिषी, भौती, चक्रभेदिनी, चन्द्रकान्त, धारा, ध्वान्त, दोषा, गन्धर्व, घोरा, घृताची, इन्द्र, इन्दु, हिमा, इन्दुकान्ता, ज्योतिष्मती, कलापिनी, काली, कर्वरी, कोष्ठ, कृष्णी, क्षणदा, क्षणिनी, क्षपा, क्षिप, क्षिप्ता, क्षित्वरी, मोकी, नक्त, नक्तमुखा, नक्ति, निरातपा, नम्या, निशा, निशिता, निषद्वर, निशीथ, निशीथ्या, निशीथिनी, परितक्म्या, पयस्, पयस्प, पयस्विनी, पयस्वती, रजनी, राक्षस, राक्षोजननी, रामी, रम्या, राम्या, रात्रिका, शमनी, शार्वरी, शर्या, शताक्षी, शत्वरी, शिरिणा, शोकी, सूचिन्, सुपर्ण, सुरजनी, श्यामा, श्यावी, तामसी, तमस्वती, तमा, तमी, तन्यतु, ताराभूषा, तारकिणी, त्रियामा, तुङ्ग, ऊर्धस्, उमा, ऊर्म्या, वासतेयी, वासरकन्यका, वसति, वाशुरा, वस्वी, वायुरोषा, विश्वावसु, वृतार्चिस्, यामिका, यामिनी, यामवती, यामीरा, यम्या, याम्या
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        {
          "english": "At night and morning, Agni, have they called to thee, like milch-kine in their stalls lowing to meet their young.\nAs messenger of heaven thou lightest all night long the families of men. Thou Lord of precious boons.",
          "ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.2.2",
          "roman": "diva ivedaratirmānuṣā yugā kṣapo bhāsi puruvāra saṃyataḥ.",
          "text": "अभि त्वा नक्तीरुषसो ववाशिरेऽग्ने वत्सं न स्वसरेषु धेनवः।\nदिव इवेदरतिर्मानुषा युगा क्षपो भासि पुरुवार संयतः॥\nabhi tvā naktīruṣaso vavāśireʼgne vatsaṃ na svasareṣu dhenavaḥ."
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "अकाल"
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          "word": "अक्ता"
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          "word": "अक्तु"
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          "word": "अन्धिका"
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        {
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          "word": "अञ्जन"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "असिक्नी"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "असुरा"
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        {
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          "word": "आवसति"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "अव्यथिषी"
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          "word": "भौती"
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          "word": "चक्रभेदिनी"
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          "word": "चन्द्रकान्त"
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          "word": "धारा"
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        {
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          "word": "ध्वान्त"
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        {
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          "word": "दोषा"
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          "word": "गन्धर्व"
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          "word": "इन्द्र"
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          "word": "क्षपा"
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          "word": "क्षिप"
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          "word": "क्षिप्ता"
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          "word": "निशीथ"
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          "word": "निशीथ्या"
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          "word": "निशीथिनी"
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          "word": "परितक्म्या"
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          "word": "पयस्"
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          "word": "पयस्प"
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          "word": "पयस्विनी"
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          "word": "पयस्वती"
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          "word": "रजनी"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "राक्षस"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "राक्षोजननी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "रामी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "रम्या"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "राम्या"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "रात्रिका"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "शमनी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "शार्वरी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
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        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "शताक्षी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "शत्वरी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "शिरिणा"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "शोकी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "सूचिन्"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "सुपर्ण"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
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        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "श्यामा"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
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        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "तामसी"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "तमस्वती"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "तमा"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "तन्यतु"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "ताराभूषा"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "ऊर्म्या"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "वासरकन्यका"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "वसति"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "वायुरोषा"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "विश्वावसु"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "वृतार्चिस्"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "यामिका"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
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        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "यामवती"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "यामीरा"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "यम्या"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
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        }
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      "ipa": "/nɐ́k.ti/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
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      "ipa": "[nɐ́k̚.ti]",
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        "Vedic"
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      "ipa": "/n̪ɐk.t̪i/",
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        "Classical-Sanskrit"
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      "ipa": "[n̪ɐk̚.t̪i]",
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        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
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}
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        "plural"
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        "dative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "नक्त्यै2",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dual"
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "नक्त्याः2",
      "roman": "náktyāḥ2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "नक्त्यै3",
      "roman": "náktyai3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नक्तिभ्याम्",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
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    {
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "नक्त्याः2",
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "नक्त्योः",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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        "locative",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "नक्त्योः",
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      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "form": "नक्ते",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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      "form": "नक्ती",
      "roman": "náktī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "नक्तयः",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
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      "roman": "nákta",
      "word": "नक्त"
    }
  ],
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      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
        "Sanskrit feminine nouns",
        "Sanskrit i-stem nouns",
        "Sanskrit lemmas",
        "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Sanskrit nouns",
        "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
        "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
        "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
        "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
        "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
        "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "At night and morning, Agni, have they called to thee, like milch-kine in their stalls lowing to meet their young.\nAs messenger of heaven thou lightest all night long the families of men. Thou Lord of precious boons.",
          "ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.2.2",
          "roman": "diva ivedaratirmānuṣā yugā kṣapo bhāsi puruvāra saṃyataḥ.",
          "text": "अभि त्वा नक्तीरुषसो ववाशिरेऽग्ने वत्सं न स्वसरेषु धेनवः।\nदिव इवेदरतिर्मानुषा युगा क्षपो भासि पुरुवार संयतः॥\nabhi tvā naktīruṣaso vavāśireʼgne vatsaṃ na svasareṣu dhenavaḥ."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "night"
      ],
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          "night"
        ]
      ],
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "अकाल"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "अक्ता"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "अक्तु"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "अन्धिका"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "अञ्जन"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "असिक्नी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "असुरा"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "आवसति"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "अव्यथिषी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "भौती"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "चक्रभेदिनी"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "चन्द्रकान्त"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "धारा"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "ध्वान्त"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "दोषा"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "गन्धर्व"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "घोरा"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "घृताची"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "इन्द्र"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "इन्दु"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "हिमा"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "इन्दुकान्ता"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "क्षपा"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "क्षिप"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "क्षिप्ता"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "क्षित्वरी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "मोकी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "नक्त"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "नक्तमुखा"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "नम्या"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "निशा"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "निशिता"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
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          "word": "निशीथिनी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "परितक्म्या"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
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        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "पयस्प"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "पयस्विनी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "पयस्वती"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "रजनी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "राक्षस"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "राक्षोजननी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "रामी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "रम्या"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "राम्या"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "रात्रिका"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "शमनी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "शार्वरी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "शर्या"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "शताक्षी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "शत्वरी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "शिरिणा"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "शोकी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "सूचिन्"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "सुपर्ण"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "सुरजनी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "श्यामा"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "श्यावी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "तामसी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "तमस्वती"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "तमा"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "तमी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "तन्यतु"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "ताराभूषा"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "तारकिणी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "त्रियामा"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "तुङ्ग"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "ऊर्धस्"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "उमा"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "ऊर्म्या"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "वासतेयी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "वासरकन्यका"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "वसति"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "वाशुरा"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "वस्वी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "वायुरोषा"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "विश्वावसु"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "वृतार्चिस्"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "यामिका"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "यामिनी"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "यामवती"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "यामीरा"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "यम्या"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:रात्रि",
          "word": "याम्या"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nɐ́k.ti/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɐ́k̚.ti]",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/n̪ɐk.t̪i/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[n̪ɐk̚.t̪i]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "नक्ति"
}

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