As a Hindi name
रीति · noun · feminine
कोई कार्य करने का ढंग । प्रकार । तरह । ढब · रस्म । रिवाज । परिपाटी · कायदा । नियम — Śabdasāgara
रीति · rīti · s.f.
Going, motion; general course or way, &c. ( = rīt, q.v.); natural property or disposition — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 611
रीति · feminine
rule, norm, practice; manner, style, way; tradition, custom
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi रीति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit रीति (rīti).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
rīti f. going, motion, course, RV.
a stream, current, ib.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
scoria or oxide formed on metals by exposure to heat and air
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Dictionary citations
rīti f. going, motion, course, RV.
a stream, current, ib.
a streak, line, row, PārGṛ.; Hariv.; Naiṣ.
limit, boundary (= sīman), L.
general course or way, usage, custom, practice, method, manner, Kāv.; Kathās.; Sarvad.
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