रघुनाथ

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रघुनाथ (raghunātha).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾə.ɡʱʊ.nɑːt̪ʰ/, [ɾɐ.ɡʱʊ.näːt̪ʰ]

Proper noun

रघुनाथ • (raghunāth) m

1. (Hinduism) an epithet of Rama
   • 2021, “हमारे साथ श्री रघुनाथ [hamāre sāth śrī raghunāth]”:

     हमारे साथ श्री रघुनाथ तो किस बात की चिंता ।
     शरण में रख दिया जब माथ तो किस बात की चिंता ।

     hamāre sāth śrī raghunāth to kis bāt kī cintā .
     śaraṇ mẽ rakh diyā jab māth to kis bāt kī cintā .

     When Lord Rama is with us, what do we have to worry about?
     When we have put our forehead in his refuge, what do we have to worry about?

2. a male given name, Raghunath, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of रघुनाथ (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	रघुनाथ raghunāth
oblique	रघुनाथ raghunāth
vocative	रघुनाथ raghunāth

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰঘুনাথ (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬖᬸᬦᬵᬣ (Balinese script)
• রঘুনাথ (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰑𑰲𑰡𑰯𑰞 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀖𑀼𑀦𑀸𑀣 (Brahmi script)
• ရဃုနာထ (Burmese script)
• રઘુનાથ (Gujarati script)
• ਰਘੁਨਾਥ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌘𑍁𑌨𑌾𑌥 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦓꦸꦤꦴꦡ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂐𑂳𑂢𑂰𑂟 (Kaithi script)
• ರಘುನಾಥ (Kannada script)
• រឃុនាថ (Khmer script)
• ຣຆຸນາຖ (Lao script)
• രഘുനാഥ (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠠᢚᡠᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘑𑘳𑘡𑘰𑘞 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠠᠺᠾᠤᠨᠠᢗᠲᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑦱𑧔𑧁𑧑𑦾 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐑𑐸𑐣𑐵𑐠 (Newa script)
• ରଘୁନାଥ (Odia script)
• ꢬꢕꢸꢥꢵꢢ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆔𑆶𑆤𑆳𑆡 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖑𑖲𑖡𑖯𑖞 (Siddham script)
• රඝුනාථ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩟𑩒𑩯𑩛𑩬 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚍𑚰𑚝𑚭𑚚 (Takri script)
• ரகு⁴நாத² (Tamil script)
• రఘునాథ (Telugu script)
• รฆุนาถ (Thai script)
• ར་གྷུ་ནཱ་ཐ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒒𑒳𑒢𑒰𑒟 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨎𑨃𑨝𑨊𑨚 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Tatpuruṣa compound of रघु (raghu, “the Raghu dynasty”) +‎ नाथ (nātha, “lord”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ.ɡʱu.nɑː.tʰɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ.ɡʱu.n̪ɑː.t̪ʰɐ/

Proper noun

रघुनाथ • (raghunātha) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) an epithet of Rama

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of रघुनाथ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	रघुनाथः (raghunāthaḥ)	रघुनाथौ (raghunāthau) रघुनाथा¹ (raghunāthā¹)	रघुनाथाः (raghunāthāḥ) रघुनाथासः¹ (raghunāthāsaḥ¹)
vocative	रघुनाथ (raghunātha)	रघुनाथौ (raghunāthau) रघुनाथा¹ (raghunāthā¹)	रघुनाथाः (raghunāthāḥ) रघुनाथासः¹ (raghunāthāsaḥ¹)
accusative	रघुनाथम् (raghunātham)	रघुनाथौ (raghunāthau) रघुनाथा¹ (raghunāthā¹)	रघुनाथान् (raghunāthān)
instrumental	रघुनाथेन (raghunāthena)	रघुनाथाभ्याम् (raghunāthābhyām)	रघुनाथैः (raghunāthaiḥ) रघुनाथेभिः¹ (raghunāthebhiḥ¹)
dative	रघुनाथाय (raghunāthāya)	रघुनाथाभ्याम् (raghunāthābhyām)	रघुनाथेभ्यः (raghunāthebhyaḥ)
ablative	रघुनाथात् (raghunāthāt)	रघुनाथाभ्याम् (raghunāthābhyām)	रघुनाथेभ्यः (raghunāthebhyaḥ)
genitive	रघुनाथस्य (raghunāthasya)	रघुनाथयोः (raghunāthayoḥ)	रघुनाथानाम् (raghunāthānām)
locative	रघुनाथे (raghunāthe)	रघुनाथयोः (raghunāthayoḥ)	रघुनाथेषु (raghunātheṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Apabhramsa: रहुणाह (rahuṇāha)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रघुनाथ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 860.