"Navaratri and Dassera are festivals celebrated over a period of ten days.
The first nine days constitute the Navaratri festival.
Navaratri itself means nine nights (Nava = nine, ratri = night)".

- Track: Durga Mantras Stuti

Navaratri: 9 Nights
Sanskrit: नवरात्रि,
Tamil: நவராத்திரி,
Malayalam: നവരാത്രി,
Marathi: नवरात्रि,
Bengali: নবরাত্রি,
Kannada:ನವರಾತ್ರಿ),
Gujarātī: નવરાત્રી