راوی

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Persian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic رَاوٍ (rāwin).

Pronunciation

[edit]
 

Readings
Classical reading? rāwī
Dari reading? rāwī
Iranian reading? râvi
Tajik reading? rovi

Noun

[edit]

راوی (râvi) (plural رواة (ravât) or راویان (râviyân))

  1. (literature) narrator (of a novel, etc.)
  2. (historical) court minstrel
    Synonym: مطرب (motreb)

Punjabi

[edit]
Western Panjabi Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pnb

Etymology

[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit इरावती (irāvatī).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Proper noun

[edit]

راوی (rāvīf (Gurmukhi spelling ਰਾਵੀ)

  1. Ravi (a river in Punjab, Pakistan and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the state of Himachal Pradesh in India).

Descendants

[edit]
  • Urdu: راوی (rāvī)

References

[edit]