रामायण

See also: रामायणी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit रामायण (rāmāyaṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.mɑː.jəɳ/, [ɾäː.mäː.jɐ̃ɳ]

Proper noun

रामायण • (rāmāyaṇ) f or m (Urdu spelling رَامَایَن or رَامَائِن)

1. (Hinduism, literature) Ramayana

Declension

Declension of रामायण (sg-only fem cons-stem // masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	रामायण rāmāyaṇ
oblique	रामायण rāmāyaṇ
vocative	रामायण rāmāyaṇ

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “रामायण”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 168
• Platts, John T. (1884) “रामायण”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 583
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रामायण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 862
• “راماین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

Prakrit

Proper noun

रामायण (rāmāyaṇa) n

1. Devanagari script form of 𑀭𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀬𑀡

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰামায়ণ (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬵᬫᬵᬬᬡ (Balinese script)
• রামায়ণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰯𑰦𑰯𑰧𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀬𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ရာမာယဏ (Burmese script)
• રામાયણ (Gujarati script)
• ਰਾਮਾਯਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌯𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦴꦩꦴꦪꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂰𑂧𑂰𑂨𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ರಾಮಾಯಣ (Kannada script)
• រាមាយណ (Khmer script)
• ຣາມາຍຓ (Lao script)
• രാമായണ (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘰𑘦𑘰𑘧𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠠᢗᠮᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧑𑧆𑧑𑧇𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐵𑐩𑐵𑐫𑐞 (Newa script)
• ରାମାଯଣ (Odia script)
• ꢬꢵꢪꢵꢫꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆳𑆩𑆳𑆪𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖯𑖦𑖯𑖧𑖜 (Siddham script)
• රාමායණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩛𑩴𑩛𑩻𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚭𑚢𑚭𑚣𑚘 (Takri script)
• ராமாயண (Tamil script)
• రామాయణ (Telugu script)
• รามายณ (Thai script)
• རཱ་མཱ་ཡ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒰𑒧𑒰𑒨𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨊𑨢𑨊𑨪𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of राम (rāma, “Rāma”) +‎ अयन (ayana, “course”), literally “course[s] of Rāma”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.mɑː.jɐ.ɳɐ/

Proper noun

रामायण • (rāmāyaṇa) stem, n

1. (Classical Sanskrit, Hinduism, literature) Ramayana

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of रामायण

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	रामायणम् (rāmāyaṇam)	रामायणे (rāmāyaṇe)	रामायणानि (rāmāyaṇāni)
accusative	रामायणम् (rāmāyaṇam)	रामायणे (rāmāyaṇe)	रामायणानि (rāmāyaṇāni)
instrumental	रामायणेन (rāmāyaṇena)	रामायणाभ्याम् (rāmāyaṇābhyām)	रामायणैः (rāmāyaṇaiḥ)
dative	रामायणाय (rāmāyaṇāya)	रामायणाभ्याम् (rāmāyaṇābhyām)	रामायणेभ्यः (rāmāyaṇebhyaḥ)
ablative	रामायणात् (rāmāyaṇāt)	रामायणाभ्याम् (rāmāyaṇābhyām)	रामायणेभ्यः (rāmāyaṇebhyaḥ)
genitive	रामायणस्य (rāmāyaṇasya)	रामायणयोः (rāmāyaṇayoḥ)	रामायणानाम् (rāmāyaṇānām)
locative	रामायणे (rāmāyaṇe)	रामायणयोः (rāmāyaṇayoḥ)	रामायणेषु (rāmāyaṇeṣu)
vocative	रामायण (rāmāyaṇa)	रामायणे (rāmāyaṇe)	रामायणानि (rāmāyaṇāni)

Descendants

• Prakrit: रामायण (rāmāyaṇa)
  • Takka Apabhramsa: 𑆫𑆳𑆩𑆳𑆪𑆟 (rāmāyaṇa)

Borrowed terms

• Arabic: رَامَايَانَا (rāmāyānā)
• Armenian: Ռամայանա (Ṙamayana)
• Assamese: ৰামায়ণ (ramayon)
• Bengali: রামায়ণ (ramaẏon)
• Burmese: ရာမာယဏ (ramaya.na.)
• → Chinese: 羅摩衍那 / 罗摩衍那 (Luómóyǎnnà)
• Czech: Rámájana
• English: Ramayana
• Georgian: რამაიანა (ramaiana)
• French: Ramayana
  • → Vietnamese: Ra-ma-ya-na
• Gujarati: રામાયણ (rāmāyaṇ)
• Greek: Ραμαγιάνα (Ramagiána)
• Hindustani:

  Hindi: रामायण (rāmāyaṇ)

  Urdu: رَامَایَن (rāmāyan), رَامَائِن (rāmā‘in)

• Hungarian: Rámájana
• Japanese: ラーマーヤナ (Rāmāyana)
• Kannada: ರಾಮಾಯಣ (rāmāyaṇa)
• Konkani: rāmāyaṇ

  Devanagari script: रामायण

  Kannada script: ರಾಮಾಯಣ್

  Latin script: Ramayonn

• Korean: 라마야나 (ramayana)
• Malayalam: രാമായണം (rāmāyaṇaṁ)
• Manipuri: ꯔꯥꯃꯥꯌꯟ (rāmāyan)
• Marathi: रामायण (rāmāyaṇ)
• Marwari: रामायण (rāmāyaṇ)
• → Middle Chinese: 邏摩衍拏 (MC laH ma yenX nrae)
• Nepali: रामायण (rāmāyaṇ)
• Odia: ରାମାୟଣ (rāmāyaṇa)
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਰਮਾਇਣ (ramāiṇa), ਰਾਮਾਇਣ (rāmāiṇa)

  Shahmukhi script: رمائن (rmā'in), رامائن (rāmā'in)

• Persian: رامایانا (râmâyânâ)
• Russian: Рамаяна (Ramajana)
• Sindhi:

  Arabic script: رامائـِڻُ

• Tamil: இராமாயணம் (irāmāyaṇam)
• Telugu: రామాయణము (rāmāyaṇamu)
• Thai: รามายณะ (raa-maa-yá-ná)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “रामायण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 878.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “rāmāyaṇa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “रामायण”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1339