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aarti

aarti noun: a particular Hindu prayer ritual, involving candles made from clarified butter.

aarti: a particular Hindu prayer ritual, involving candles made from clarified butter
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Noun

aarti (countable and uncountable, plural aartis)

  1. (Hinduism) 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.2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 283

Proper noun capitalized: Aarti

Aarti

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

aarti meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

aarti in Hindi

Hindu ritual
आरती ārtī

aarti in Tamil

aarti
ஆர்த்தி ārtti
aarti, a ritual involving the offering of candles to a deity
தீபாராதனை tīpārātaṉai

aarti in Marathi

Hindu ritual
आरती ārtī

aarti in Bengali

Hindu ritual
আরতি aroti
More languagesFewer languages
aarti in Telugu
హారతి hārati
aarti in Gujarati
આરતી āratī
aarti in Odia
ଆଳତି āḷati, ଆରତି ārati
aarti in Sanskrit
आरात्रिक ārātrika

Forms of aarti

Noun
pluralaartis
alternative formaarthi
alternative formarati
alternative formarti
Proper noun
alternative formArti

Origin of aarti

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

Borrowed from Sanskrit आरती (āratī).

Questions about aarti

What does aarti mean?
Aarti means a particular Hindu prayer ritual, involving candles made from clarified butter.
What is aarti in Hindi?
Aarti in Hindi is आरती (ārtī). See Aarti meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is aarti?
Aarti can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of aarti?
The plural of aarti is aartis.

Words near aarti in the dictionary

  1. aaRSes
  2. Aarskog-Scott syndrome
  3. aaRSs
  4. aarthi
  5. aarthis
  6. aarti
  7. aartis
  8. Aaru
  9. Aarush
  10. aaruul
  11. Aaryanna

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: aarti (page history and authors); Aarti (page history and authors); ஆர்த்தி (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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