रवा

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɾə.ʋɑː/, [ɾɐ.ʋäː]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from an r-dialect form of Sanskrit लव (láva). Cognate with Marathi रवा (ravā, “semolina”).

Noun

रवा • (ravā) m (Urdu spelling روا)

  1. particle; grain; tiny part of something
    Synonyms: अणु (aṇu), अंश (añś)
  2. semolina
  3. gunpowder
    Synonym: बारूद (bārūd)
Declension
Declension of रवा (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct रवा
ravā		 रवे
rave
oblique रवे
rave		 रवों
ravõ
vocative रवे
rave		 रवो
ravo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian روا (rawā), from Middle Persian.

Adjective

रवा • (ravā) (Urdu spelling روا)

  1. suitable; proper, right
    Synonyms: सही (sahī), उचित (ucit)
Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • रवादार (ravādār)

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लव (lava). Cognate with Hindi रवा (ravā, “semolina”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɾə.ʋa/

Noun

रवा • (ravā) m

  1. semolina

References
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “रवा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “रवा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “रवा”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
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