रव
See also: रवि
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৰৱ (Assamese script)
- ᬭᬯ (Balinese script)
- রব (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- ရဝ (Burmese script)
- રવ (Gujarati script)
- ਰਵ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌰𑌵 (Grantha script)
- ꦫꦮ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂫 (Kaithi script)
- ರವ (Kannada script)
- រវ (Khmer script)
- ຣວ (Lao script)
- രവ (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘨𑘪 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧈𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑐰 (Newa script)
- ରଵ (Odia script)
- ꢬꢮ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆮 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖪 (Siddham script)
- රව (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩼𑩾 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚤𑚦 (Takri script)
- ரவ (Tamil script)
- రవ (Telugu script)
- รว (Thai script)
- ར་ཝ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- (“to shout, yell; a rustling sound”). Cognate with Latin rūmor (“rumor, rustle, murmur”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɾɐ́.ʋɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɾɐ.ʋɐ/
Noun
रव • (ráva) stem, m (root रु)
- a roar, yell, cry, howl (of animals, wild beasts &c.)
- song, singing (of birds)
- hum, humming (of bees)
- clamour, outcry
- thunder
- talk
- any noise or sound (e.g. the whizz of a bow, the ringing of a bell &c.)
- Synonym: ध्वनि (dhvani)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | रवः (rávaḥ) | रवौ (rávau) रवा¹ (rávā¹) |
रवाः (rávāḥ) रवासः¹ (rávāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | रवम् (rávam) | रवौ (rávau) रवा¹ (rávā¹) |
रवान् (rávān) |
| instrumental | रवेण (ráveṇa) | रवाभ्याम् (rávābhyām) | रवैः (rávaiḥ) रवेभिः¹ (rávebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | रवाय (rávāya) | रवाभ्याम् (rávābhyām) | रवेभ्यः (rávebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | रवात् (rávāt) | रवाभ्याम् (rávābhyām) | रवेभ्यः (rávebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | रवस्य (rávasya) | रवयोः (rávayoḥ) | रवाणाम् (rávāṇām) |
| locative | रवे (ráve) | रवयोः (rávayoḥ) | रवेषु (ráveṣu) |
| vocative | रव (ráva) | रवौ (rávau) रवा¹ (rávā¹) |
रवाः (rávāḥ) रवासः¹ (rávāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- नीरव (nīrava)
Descendants
- → Telugu: రవము (ravamu)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “रव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 868, column 3.