Join free

ratan

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

ratan¹

noun ratans

  1. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of rattan On Sunday mornings, when the prospect is rather small for a full house in the minor churches, a parcel of fellows are actually sent out with ratans into the highways and byways as whippers-in of the congregation.

Ratan²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hindi रतन (ratan, “gem, gemstone”).

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Translations

Every language

name male given name

हिन्दीरतन ratan

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"ratan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ratan. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

ratan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ratan

Chicago

"ratan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ratan.

BibTeX
@misc{ratan_2026,
  title = {ratan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ratan},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}