रन

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾən/, [ɾɐ̃n]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English run.

Noun

रन • (ran) m (Urdu spelling رن)

1. (cricket) run

Declension

Declension of रन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रन ran	रन ran
oblique	रन ran	रनों ranõ
vocative	रन ran	रनो rano

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 (raṇṇa), 𑀅𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 (araṇṇa), from Sanskrit अरण्य (áraṇya). One would expect *रान (arān), but the vowel was shortened by analogy to बन (ban, “forest”), for which see रन-बन (ran-ban, “wilderness”).

Noun

रन • (ran) m (Urdu spelling رن)

1. reclaimed land, a rann

   कच्छ का रन ― kacch kā ran ― Rann of Kutch

Declension

Declension of रन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रन ran	रन ran
oblique	रन ran	रनों ranõ
vocative	रन ran	रनो rano

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press