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aarti¹

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Borrowed from Hindi आरती (ārtī), from Sanskrit आरात्रिक (ārātrika).

noun aartis · aarthi · arati · arti

  1. Hinduism, countable, uncountable A particular Hindu prayer ritual, involving candles made from clarified butter. There is no priest, only an enthusiastic local who leads the aarti by striking a steel plate with a spoon, the lyrics a mash of Hindi and Sanskrit, the lack of melody made up for by gusto.

Aarti²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit आरती (āratī).

proper noun Arti

  1. Hinduism aarti
  2. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

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noun Hindu ritual

हिन्दीआरती ārtī
Portuguêsarati

name female given name

हिन्दीआरती ārtī

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@misc{aarti_2026,
  title = {aarti},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aarti},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}