राव

Bodo (India)

Noun

राव (rao)

1. language

Marathi

Alternative forms

• राऊ (rāū)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi राव (rāva), राओ (rāo) from Sanskrit राजन् (rā́jan, “king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾaʋ/

Noun

राव • (rāv) m

1. a king
2. An honorific title for a man

References

• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “राव”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2621.

Old Marathi

Noun

राव (rāva) m

1. Devanagari script form of 𑘨𑘰𑘪