रोहित

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• लोहित (lohita)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰোহিত (Assamese script)
• ᬭᭀᬳᬶᬢ (Balinese script)
• রোহিত (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰺𑰮𑰰𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑁄𑀳𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ရောဟိတ (Burmese script)
• રોહિત (Gujarati script)
• ਰੋਹਿਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑍋𑌹𑌿𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦺꦴꦲꦶꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂷𑂯𑂱𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ರೋಹಿತ (Kannada script)
• រោហិត (Khmer script)
• ໂຣຫິຕ (Lao script)
• രോഹിത (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠣᡥᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘻𑘮𑘱𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠣᠸᠠᠾᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧜𑧎𑧒𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑑀𑐴𑐶𑐟 (Newa script)
• ରୋହିତ (Odia script)
• ꢬꣂꢲꢶꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆾𑆲𑆴𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖺𑖮𑖰𑖝 (Siddham script)
• රොහිත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩕𑪂𑩑𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚴𑚩𑚮𑚙 (Takri script)
• ரோஹித (Tamil script)
• రోహిత (Telugu script)
• โรหิต (Thai script)
• རོ་ཧི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒼𑒯𑒱𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨆𑨱𑨁𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hráwdʰitas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hráwdʰitas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬙𐬀 (raoⁱδita), English red. Also related to लोहित (lóhita), लोह (lohá) and रुधिर (rudhira, “red”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ́w.ɦi.tɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɾoː.ɦi.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

रोहित • (róhita) stem

1. red
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

Noun

रोहित • (róhita) stem, m

1. red horse, mare
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
2. a kind of deer
3. rohu fish, Labeo rohita
4. a tree, Andersonia rohitaka
5. a male given name

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of रोहित (róhita)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रोहितः róhitaḥ	रोहितौ / रोहिता¹ róhitau / róhitā¹	रोहिताः / रोहितासः¹ róhitāḥ / róhitāsaḥ¹
Vocative	रोहित róhita	रोहितौ / रोहिता¹ róhitau / róhitā¹	रोहिताः / रोहितासः¹ róhitāḥ / róhitāsaḥ¹
Accusative	रोहितम् róhitam	रोहितौ / रोहिता¹ róhitau / róhitā¹	रोहितान् róhitān
Instrumental	रोहितेन róhitena	रोहिताभ्याम् róhitābhyām	रोहितैः / रोहितेभिः¹ róhitaiḥ / róhitebhiḥ¹
Dative	रोहिताय róhitāya	रोहिताभ्याम् róhitābhyām	रोहितेभ्यः róhitebhyaḥ
Ablative	रोहितात् róhitāt	रोहिताभ्याम् róhitābhyām	रोहितेभ्यः róhitebhyaḥ
Genitive	रोहितस्य róhitasya	रोहितयोः róhitayoḥ	रोहितानाम् róhitānām
Locative	रोहिते róhite	रोहितयोः róhitayoḥ	रोहितेषु róhiteṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀭𑁄𑀳𑀺𑀅 (rohia)
  • Assamese: ৰৌ (rou)
  • Bengali: রুই (rui)
  • Bhojpuri: रोहू (rōhū)
  • Gujarati: રોહુ (rohu)
  • Hindi: रोहू (rohū), रेहू (rehū)
  • Marathi: रोही (rohī)
  • Odia: ରୋହି (rohi), ରୋଇ (roi), ରୁଇ (rui)
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਰੋਹੂ (rohū)

    Shahmukhi script: رہو (rohū)

  • Sylheti: ꠞꠃ (rou)

See also

Colors in Sanskrit · रङ्ग (raṅga) (layout · text)

श्वेत (śveta)	श्याम (śyāma)	कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa), काल (kāla)
रोहित (rohita)	कद्रु (kadru), पिशङ्ग (piśaṅga), पिङ्गल (piṅgala)	पिङ्ग (piṅga); पाण्डु (pāṇḍu)
	हरित् (harit)	श्याम (śyāma)
		नील (nīla)
	नीललोहित (nīlalohita)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रोहित”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 890.