Hindi

Noun

रवि • ‎(ravi) m ‎(Urdu spelling روی)

1. (astronomy) sun

Derived terms

• रविवार ‎(ravivār)

Synonyms

• ख़्वुरशेद ‎(xvurśed)
• सूरज ‎(sūraj)
• सूर्य ‎(sūrya)

Sanskrit

Etymology

Cognate with Old Armenian արեւ ‎(arew).

Noun

रवि • ‎(ravi) m

1. (accord. to Uṇ. iv, 138 Sch. fr. √1. रु) a partic. form of the sun (sometimes regarded as one of the 12 आदित्यs ; hence रवि is also a N. of the number ‘twelve’) Var. Hariv. &c.
2. the sun (in general) or the sun-god, Mn. MBh. &c.
3. = रविदिन, Sunday Inscr.
4. Calotropis gigantea L.
5. a mountain L.
6. N. of a सौवीरक MBh.
7. N. of a son of धृत-राष्ट्र ib.
8. N. of the author of a Comm. on the काव्य-प्रकाश Cat.
9. N. of the author of the होराप्रकाश ib.
10. the right canal for the passage of the vital air (?) W.

Derived terms

• रविकान्त ‎(ravikānta)
• रविकिरण ‎(ravikiraṇa)
• रविदिन ‎(ravidina)
• रविपुत्र ‎(raviputra)
• रविवार ‎(ravivāra)
• रविवासर ‎(ravivāsara)
• रविवंश ‎(ravivaṃśa)
• रविसुत ‎(ravisuta)

Descendants

• Hindi: रवि ‎(ravi)
• Telugu: రవి ‎(ravi)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0869