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): /ˈɾɐ.ʋɐ/

Noun

रव • (ráva) stem, m (root रु)

1. a roar, yell, cry, howl (of animals, wild beasts &c.)
2. song, singing (of birds)
3. hum, humming (of bees)
4. clamour, outcry
5. thunder
6. talk

   Synonyms: भाषा (bhāṣā), भाषण (bhāṣaṇa)

7. any noise or sound (e.g. the whizz of a bow, the ringing of a bell &c.)

   Synonym: ध्वनि (dhvani)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of रव (ráva)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रवः rávaḥ	रवौ / रवा¹ rávau / rávā¹	रवाः / रवासः¹ rávāḥ / rávāsaḥ¹
Vocative	रव ráva	रवौ / रवा¹ rávau / rávā¹	रवाः / रवासः¹ rávāḥ / rávāsaḥ¹
Accusative	रवम् rávam	रवौ / रवा¹ rávau / rávā¹	रवान् rávān
Instrumental	रवेण ráveṇa	रवाभ्याम् rávābhyām	रवैः / रवेभिः¹ rávaiḥ / 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
Notes	¹Vedic

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.