नवरात्रि navrātri

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

A few reading pointers:

ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

Navratri, or Nine Nights The festival that continues for nine days (usually in September when worshipping of goddesses (Durga, Lakshmi, Saraswati) is done.

Usual translation

Navratri

Origin of the definition

नौ nau (hindi)

Nine.

nau-rātr, s.m. nau-rātri, s.f. or nau-rātrik, s.m. (nava-rātra, &c.), The period of nine days (from the first of the light half of the month Aśvin to the ninth) devoted to the worship of Durgā.

Navratri. A festival of nine consecutive nights, when people worship goddesses.

नवरात्रि navrātri. Navratri, or Nine Nights The festival that continues for nine days (usually in September when worshipping of goddesses (Durga, Lakshmi, Saraswati) is done.

रात्रि rātri (sanskrit)

The night.