राघव
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৰাঘৱ (Assamese script)
- ᬭᬵᬖᬯ (Balinese script)
- রাঘব (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰯𑰑𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑀸𑀖𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- ရာဃဝ (Burmese script)
- રાઘવ (Gujarati script)
- ਰਾਘਵ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌰𑌾𑌘𑌵 (Grantha script)
- ꦫꦴꦓꦮ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂰𑂐𑂫 (Kaithi script)
- ರಾಘವ (Kannada script)
- រាឃវ (Khmer script)
- ຣາຆວ (Lao script)
- രാഘവ (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᠠ᠊ᠠᢚᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘨𑘰𑘑𑘪 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠠᢗᠺᠾᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧈𑧑𑦱𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑐵𑐑𑐰 (Newa script)
- ରାଘଵ (Odia script)
- ꢬꢵꢕꢮ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆳𑆔𑆮 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖯𑖑𑖪 (Siddham script)
- රාඝව (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩼𑩛𑩟𑩾 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚤𑚭𑚍𑚦 (Takri script)
- ராக⁴வ (Tamil script)
- రాఘవ (Telugu script)
- ราฆว (Thai script)
- རཱ་གྷ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒰𑒒𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨊𑨎𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Vṛddhi derivative of रघु (raghú, “Raghu”)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɾɑː.ɡʱɐ.ʋɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɾɑː.ɡʱɐ.ʋɐ/
Proper noun
राघव • (rāghava) stem, m
- a member of the Raghuvaṃśa dynasty, descended from Raghu
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.28.16:
- स च तान् राघवो ज्ञात्वा विश्वामित्रं महामुनिम्।
गच्छन्नेवाथ मधुरं श्लक्ष्णं वचनमब्रवीत्॥- sa ca tān rāghavo jñātvā viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim.
gacchannevātha madhuraṃ ślakṣṇaṃ vacanamabravīt. - After having acquired the knowledge of the weapons Rāghava addressed maharṣi Viśvāmitra in gentle and soft words while walking along with him.
- sa ca tān rāghavo jñātvā viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim.
- स च तान् राघवो ज्ञात्वा विश्वामित्रं महामुनिम्।
- a male given name, equivalent to English Raghava
- (in the dual) Rāma and Lakshmana
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | राघवः (rāghavaḥ) | राघवौ (rāghavau) राघवा¹ (rāghavā¹) |
राघवाः (rāghavāḥ) राघवासः¹ (rāghavāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | राघवम् (rāghavam) | राघवौ (rāghavau) राघवा¹ (rāghavā¹) |
राघवान् (rāghavān) |
| instrumental | राघवेण (rāghaveṇa) | राघवाभ्याम् (rāghavābhyām) | राघवैः (rāghavaiḥ) राघवेभिः¹ (rāghavebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | राघवाय (rāghavāya) | राघवाभ्याम् (rāghavābhyām) | राघवेभ्यः (rāghavebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | राघवात् (rāghavāt) | राघवाभ्याम् (rāghavābhyām) | राघवेभ्यः (rāghavebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | राघवस्य (rāghavasya) | राघवयोः (rāghavayoḥ) | राघवाणाम् (rāghavāṇām) |
| locative | राघवे (rāghave) | राघवयोः (rāghavayoḥ) | राघवेषु (rāghaveṣu) |
| vocative | राघव (rāghava) | राघवौ (rāghavau) राघवा¹ (rāghavā¹) |
राघवाः (rāghavāḥ) राघवासः¹ (rāghavāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- → Assamese: ৰাঘ (ragho), ৰাঘৱ (raghow)
- → English: Raghava
- → Tamil: இராகவன் (irākavaṉ)
- ⇒ Telugu: రాఘవుడు (rāghavuḍu)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “राघव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 872, column 2.