राहुल

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit राहुल (rāhula).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.ɦʊl/, [ɾäː.ɦʊl]

Proper noun

राहुल • (rāhul) m

1. a male given name, Rahul
2. Rāhula, the son of Buddha

Declension

Declension of राहुल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	राहुल rāhul	राहुल rāhul
oblique	राहुल rāhul	राहुलों rāhulõ
vocative	राहुल rāhul	राहुलो rāhulo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰাহুল (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬵᬳᬸᬮ (Balinese script)
• রাহুল (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰯𑰮𑰲𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀼𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ရာဟုလ (Burmese script)
• રાહુલ (Gujarati script)
• ਰਾਹੁਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌾𑌹𑍁𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦴꦲꦸꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂰𑂯𑂳𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ರಾಹುಲ (Kannada script)
• រាហុល (Khmer script)
• ຣາຫຸລ (Lao script)
• രാഹുല (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᡠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘰𑘮𑘳𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠠᢗᠾᠤᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧑𑧎𑧔𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐵𑐴𑐸𑐮 (Newa script)
• ରାହୁଲ (Odia script)
• ꢬꢵꢲꢸꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆳𑆲𑆶𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖯𑖮𑖲𑖩 (Siddham script)
• රාහුල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩛𑪂𑩒𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚭𑚩𑚰𑚥 (Takri script)
• ராஹுல (Tamil script)
• రాహుల (Telugu script)
• ราหุล (Thai script)
• རཱ་ཧུ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒰𑒯𑒳𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨊𑨱𑨃𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.ɦu.lɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɾɑː.ɦu.l̪ɐ/

Proper noun

राहुल • (rāhula) stem, m

1. a son of Buddha

Descendants

• → English: Rahul
• → Hindi: राहुल (rāhul)
• → Marathi: राहुल (rāhul)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “राहुल”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]