रव

See also: रवि

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

रव • (rava) stem, m

(√1. रु) a roar, yell, cry, howl (of animals, wild beasts &c.)
song, singing (of birds)
hum, humming (of bees)
clamour, outcry
thunder
talk
Synonyms: भाषा (bhāṣā), भाषण (bhāṣaṇa)
any noise or sound (e.g. the whizz of a bow, the ringing of a bell &c.)
Synonym: ध्वनि (dhvani)

Masculine a-stem declension of रव (rava)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रवः ravaḥ	रवौ / रवा¹ ravau / ravā¹	रवाः / रवासः¹ ravāḥ / ravāsaḥ¹
Vocative	रव rava	रवौ / रवा¹ ravau / ravā¹	रवाः / रवासः¹ ravāḥ / ravāsaḥ¹
Accusative	रवम् ravam	रवौ / रवा¹ ravau / ravā¹	रवान् ravān
Instrumental	रवेण raveṇa	रवाभ्याम् ravābhyām	रवैः / रवेभिः¹ ravaiḥ / ravebhiḥ¹
Dative	रवाय ravāya	रवाभ्याम् ravābhyām	रवेभ्यः ravebhyaḥ
Ablative	रवात् ravāt	रवाभ्याम् ravābhyām	रवेभ्यः ravebhyaḥ
Genitive	रवस्य ravasya	रवयोः ravayoḥ	रवाणाम् ravāṇām
Locative	रवे rave	रवयोः ravayoḥ	रवेषु raveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

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