रोहित

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• लोहित (lohita)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰোহিত (Assamese script)
• ᬭᭀᬳᬶᬢ (Balinese script)
• রোহিত (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰺𑰮𑰰𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑁄𑀳𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ရောဟိတ (Burmese script)
• રોહિત (Gujarati script)
• ਰੋਹਿਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑍋𑌹𑌿𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦺꦴꦲꦶꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂷𑂯𑂱𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ರೋಹಿತ (Kannada script)
• រោហិត (Khmer script)
• ໂຣຫິຕ (Lao script)
• രോഹിത (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠣᡥᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘻𑘮𑘱𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠣᠸᠠᠾᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧜𑧎𑧒𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑑀𑐴𑐶𑐟 (Newa script)
• ରୋହିତ (Odia script)
• ꢬꣂꢲꢶꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆾𑆲𑆴𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖺𑖮𑖰𑖝 (Siddham script)
• රොහිත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩕𑪂𑩑𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚴𑚩𑚮𑚙 (Takri script)
• ரோஹித (Tamil script)
• రోహిత (Telugu script)
• โรหิต (Thai script)
• རོ་ཧི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒼𑒯𑒱𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨆𑨱𑨁𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hráwdʰitas (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬙𐬀 (raoⁱδita), English red. Also related to लोहित (lóhita), लोह (lohá) and रुधिर (rudhira, “red”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ́w.ɦi.tɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɾoː.ɦi.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

रोहित • (róhita) stem

1. red, dark red, ruddy
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.36.6:

     यो रोहि॑तौ वा॒जिनौ॑ वा॒जिनी॑वान्त्रि॒भिः श॒तैः सच॑माना॒वदि॑ष्ट ।
     यूने॒ सम॑स्मै क्षि॒तयो॑ नमन्तां श्रु॒तर॑थाय मरुतो दुवो॒या ॥

     yó róhitau vājínau vājínīvāntribhíḥ śataíḥ sácamānāvádiṣṭa.
     yū́ne sámasmai kṣitáyo namantāṃ śrutárathāya maruto duvoyā́.

     Maruts, let all the people in obeisance bow down before this youthful Srutaratha,
     Who, rich in steeds, gave me two dark red horses together with three hundred head of cattle.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.5.2:

     नमो रोहिताय स्थपतये वृक्षाणाम् पतये नमः

     namo rohitāya sthapataye vṛkṣāṇām pataye namaḥ

     Homage to the ruddy one [Rudra], the ruler, to the lord of woods homage!

Noun

रोहित • (róhita) stem, m

1. red or a chestnut coloured horse
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.10.2:

     श्रू॒या अ॒ग्निश्चि॒त्रभा॑नु॒र्हवं॑ मे॒ विश्वा॑भिर्गी॒र्भिर॒मृतो॒ विचे॑ताः ।
     श्या॒वा रथं॑ वहतो॒ रोहि॑ता वो॒तारु॒षाह॑ चक्रे॒ विभृ॑त्रः ॥

     śrūyā́ agníścitrábhānurhávaṃ me víśvābhirgīrbhíramṛ́to vícetāḥ.
     śyāvā́ ráthaṃ vahato róhitā votā́ruṣā́ha cakre víbhṛtraḥ.

     May Agni the resplendent hear my calling through all my songs, Immortal, keen of insight.
     Dark steeds or ruddy steeds draw his chariot; carried about in different directions, he makes them red of colour.

2. a kind of deer
3. rohu fish, Labeo rohita
   • c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti 5.16:

     पाठीनरोहिताव् आद्यौ नियुक्तौ हव्यकव्ययोः ।
     राजीवान्सिंहतुण्डाश्च सशल्काश्चैव सर्वशः ॥

     pāṭhīnarohitāv ādyau niyuktau havyakavyayoḥ.
     rājīvānsiṃhatuṇḍāśca saśalkāścaiva sarvaśaḥ.

     But the Pathina fish and the Rohita fish may be eaten, if used for offerings to the gods or to the deceased ancestors; (one may eat) likewise Ragivas, Simhatundas, and Sasalkas on all (occasions).

4. a tree, Andersonia rohitaka
5. a male given name

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of रोहित (róhita)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रोहितः róhitaḥ	रोहितौ / रोहिता¹ róhitau / róhitā¹	रोहिताः / रोहितासः¹ róhitāḥ / róhitāsaḥ¹
Vocative	रोहित róhita	रोहितौ / रोहिता¹ róhitau / róhitā¹	रोहिताः / रोहितासः¹ róhitāḥ / róhitāsaḥ¹
Accusative	रोहितम् róhitam	रोहितौ / रोहिता¹ róhitau / róhitā¹	रोहितान् róhitān
Instrumental	रोहितेन róhitena	रोहिताभ्याम् róhitābhyām	रोहितैः / रोहितेभिः¹ róhitaiḥ / róhitebhiḥ¹
Dative	रोहिताय róhitāya	रोहिताभ्याम् róhitābhyām	रोहितेभ्यः róhitebhyaḥ
Ablative	रोहितात् róhitāt	रोहिताभ्याम् róhitābhyām	रोहितेभ्यः róhitebhyaḥ
Genitive	रोहितस्य róhitasya	रोहितयोः róhitayoḥ	रोहितानाम् róhitānām
Locative	रोहिते róhite	रोहितयोः róhitayoḥ	रोहितेषु róhiteṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀭𑁄𑀳𑀺𑀅 (rohia)
  • Assamese: ৰৌ (rou)
  • Bengali: রুই (rui)
  • Bhojpuri: रोहू (rōhū)
  • Gujarati: રોહુ (rohu)
  • Hindi: रोहू (rohū), रेहू (rehū)
  • Marathi: रोही (rohī)
  • Odia: ରୋହି (rohi), ରୋଇ (roi), ରୁଇ (rui)
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਰੋਹੂ (rohū)

    Shahmukhi script: رہو (rohū)

  • Sylheti: ꠞꠃ (rou)

See also

Colors in Sanskrit · रङ्ग (raṅga) (layout · text)

श्वेत (śveta)	श्याम (śyāma)	कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa), काल (kāla)
रोहित (rohita)	कद्रु (kadru), पिशङ्ग (piśaṅga), पिङ्गल (piṅgala)	पिङ्ग (piṅga); पाण्डु (pāṇḍu)
	हरित् (harit)	श्याम (śyāma)
		नील (nīla)
	नीललोहित (nīlalohita)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रोहित”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 890.