# राम
## Hindi
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit राम (rāma).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɾɑːm/, [ɾä̃ːm]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

राम • (rām) m (Urdu spelling رام)
* (Hinduism) Rama
    राम राम ― rām rām ― hello (among Hindus)

#### Derived terms

* जय श्री राम (jay śrī rām)
* जय सिया राम (jay siyā rām)
* रामराज्य (rāmrājya)

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “राम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “राम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “राम”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “राम”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
* Hardev Bahri (2013) “राम”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN
* “राम”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “राम”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* rāma (Latin script)
* 𑀭𑀸𑀫 (Brahmi script)
* রাম (Bengali script)
* රාම (Sinhalese script)
* ရာမ or ရႃမ (Burmese script)
* ราม or รามะ (Thai script)
* ᩁᩣᨾ (Tai Tham script)
* ຣາມ or ຣາມະ (Lao script)
* រាម (Khmer script)
* 𑄢𑄂𑄟 (Chakma script)

### Noun

राम m
* Devanagari script form of rāma (“delight”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৰাম (Assamese script)
* ᬭᬵᬫ (Balinese script)
* রাম (Bengali script)
* 𑰨𑰯𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀭𑀸𑀫 (Brahmi script)
* ရာမ (Burmese script)
* રામ (Gujarati script)
* ਰਾਮ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌰𑌾𑌮 (Grantha script)
* ꦫꦴꦩ (Javanese script)
* 𑂩𑂰𑂧 (Kaithi script)
* ರಾಮ (Kannada script)
* រាម (Khmer script)
* ຣາມ (Lao script)
* രാമ (Malayalam script)
* ᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘨𑘰𑘦 (Modi script)
* ᠷᠠᢗᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧈𑧑𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐬𑐵𑐩 (Newa script)
* ରାମ (Odia script)
* ꢬꢵꢪ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆫𑆳𑆩 (Sharada script)
* 𑖨𑖯𑖦 (Siddham script)
* රාම (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩼𑩛𑩴 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚤𑚭𑚢 (Takri script)
* ராம (Tamil script)
* రామ (Telugu script)
* ราม (Thai script)
* རཱ་མ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒩𑒰𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨫𑨊𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Unknown; possibly related to Old English rōmiġ (“sooty”), presuming Proto-Indo-European *HreH-mó-s. Monier considers it to be a derivation from रम् (ram, “to enjoy; to stay”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɾɑː.mɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɾɑː.mɐ/

### Adjective

राम • (rāma) stem
* dark, dark-coloured, black (compare रात्रि (rātri))
* white (?)
* pleasing, pleasant, charming, lovely, beautiful

#### Declension
### Noun

राम • (rāma) stem, m
* a kind of deer
* horse
* lover
* pleasure, joy, delight

#### Declension
### Noun

राम • (rāma) stem, n
* same meanings as masculine gender
* the leaf of Laurus cassia
* Chenopodium album
* = कुष्ठ (kuṣṭha)

#### Declension
### Proper noun

राम • (rāma) stem, m
* (Hinduism) Rāma, son of Dasharatha and Kausalya, an avatar of Vishnu.
    Synonyms: दाशरथ (dāśaratha), पीताम्बर (pītāmbara), राघव (rāghava)
** c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.29.24:अद्य गच्छामहे राम सिद्धाश्रममनुत्तमम्। तदाश्रमपदं तात तवाप्येतद्यथा मम॥adya gacchāmahe rāma siddhāśramamanuttamam. tadāśramapadaṃ tāta tavāpyetadyathā mama.O Rāma, now let's go to the unparalleled Siddhashrama. O child this asrama is the same to you as it is to me (treat this as your own).
* an epithet of Varuna
* name of various mythical personages in the Vedas.

#### Declension
### Derived terms

* रामकिर्ति (rāmakirti)
* रामचन्द्र (rāmacandra)
* रामदास (rāmadāsa)
* रामदूत (rāmadūta)
* रामनवमी (rāmanavamī)
* रामराज्य (rāmarājya)
* रामलीला (rāmalīlā)
* रामसेतु (rāmasetu)
* रामा (rāmā)
* रामानुज (rāmānuja)
* रामायण (rāmāyaṇa)

### Descendants

* → Bengali: রাম (ram)
* → Burmese: ရာမ (rama.)
* → Chinese: 羅摩 / 罗摩 (Luómó)
* → Hindi: राम (rām)
* → Khmer: រាម (riəm)
* → Lao: ຣາມ (rām)
* → Malay: Rama
* → Malayalam: രാമൻ (rāmaṉ), രാമ (rāma), രാം (rāṁ), റാം (ṟāṁ)
* → Marathi: राम (rām)
* → Nepali: राम (rām)
* → Old Javanese: rāma
** Javanese: ꦫꦩ (rama)
*** → Indonesian: rama, romo (semantic loan)
** → Balinese: ᬭᬵᬫ (rama)
* → Odia: ରାମ (rāma)
* → Punjabi: ਰਾਮ (rām)
* → Sinhalese: රාම (rāma)
* → Tamil: இராமர் (irāmar)
* → Telugu: రాముఁడు (rāmun̆ḍu)
* → Thai: ราม (raam)

### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “rāmá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 449
* ↑ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*rēmós”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 160
* Monier Williams (1899) “राम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0877.