रव

रव

See also: रवि

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *rew- (“to shout, yell; a rustling sound”). Cognate with Latin rūmor (“rumor, rustle, murmur”).

Noun

रव • (rava) m

1. (√1. रु) a roar, yell, cry, howl (of animals, wild beasts &c.)
2. song, singing (of birds)
3. hum, humming (of bees)
4. clamour, outcry
5. thunder
6. talk
7. any noise or sound (e.g. the whizz of a bow, the ringing of a bell &c.)

Descendants

• → Telugu: రవము (ravamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “रव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0868.