रेवती

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰেৱতী (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬾᬯᬢᬷ (Balinese script)
• রেবতী (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰸𑰪𑰝𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑁂𑀯𑀢𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ရေဝတီ (Burmese script)
• રેવતી (Gujarati script)
• ਰੇਵਤੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑍇𑌵𑌤𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦺꦮꦠꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂵𑂫𑂞𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ರೇವತೀ (Kannada script)
• រេវតី (Khmer script)
• ເຣວຕີ (Lao script)
• രേവതീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᡝᠸᠠᢠᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘹𑘪𑘝𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠧᠸᠠᢐᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧚𑧊𑦽𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐾𑐰𑐟𑐷 (Newa script)
• ରେଵତୀ (Odia script)
• ꢬꢾꢮꢡꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆼𑆮𑆠𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖸𑖪𑖝𑖱 (Siddham script)
• රෙවතී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩔𑩾𑩫𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚲𑚦𑚙𑚯 (Takri script)
• ரேவதீ (Tamil script)
• రేవతీ (Telugu script)
• เรวตี (Thai script)
• རེ་ཝ་ཏཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒹𑒫𑒞𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨄𑨭𑨙𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *reh₁i-wń̥t-ih₂. See the lemma रेवन्त् (revánt) for more information.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐj.ʋɐ́.tiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾeː.ʋɐ.t̪iː/

Adjective

रेवती • (revátī) stem

1. feminine of रेवन्त् (revant, “wealthy, rich; brilliant, splendid”)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.30.12:

     आपो॑ रेवतीः॒ क्षय॑था॒ हि वस्वः॒ क्रतुं॑ च भ॒द्रं बि॑भृ॒थामृतं॑ च ।
     रा॒यश्च॒ स्थ स्व॑प॒त्यस्य॒ पत्नीः॒ सर॑स्वती॒ तद्गृ॑ण॒ते वयो॑ धात् ॥

     ā́po revatīḥ kṣáyathā hí vásvaḥ krátuṃ ca bhadráṃ bibhṛthā́mṛ́taṃ ca.
     rāyáśca sthá svapatyásya pátnīḥ sárasvatī tádgṛṇaté váyo dhāt.

     For, wealthy Waters, ye control all treasures: ye bring auspicious intellect and Amṛta.
     Ye are the Queens of independent riches; may Sarasvatī give full life to the singer!

Proper noun

रेवती • (revatī) stem, f

1. (astrology) name of a lunar mansion

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of रेवती

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	रेवती (revatī)	रेवत्यौ (revatyau) रेवती¹ (revatī¹)	रेवत्यः (revatyaḥ) रेवतीः¹ (revatīḥ¹)
vocative	रेवति (revati)	रेवत्यौ (revatyau) रेवती¹ (revatī¹)	रेवत्यः (revatyaḥ) रेवतीः¹ (revatīḥ¹)
accusative	रेवतीम् (revatīm)	रेवत्यौ (revatyau) रेवती¹ (revatī¹)	रेवतीः (revatīḥ)
instrumental	रेवत्या (revatyā)	रेवतीभ्याम् (revatībhyām)	रेवतीभिः (revatībhiḥ)
dative	रेवत्यै (revatyai)	रेवतीभ्याम् (revatībhyām)	रेवतीभ्यः (revatībhyaḥ)
ablative	रेवत्याः (revatyāḥ) रेवत्यै² (revatyai²)	रेवतीभ्याम् (revatībhyām)	रेवतीभ्यः (revatībhyaḥ)
genitive	रेवत्याः (revatyāḥ) रेवत्यै² (revatyai²)	रेवत्योः (revatyoḥ)	रेवतीनाम् (revatīnām)
locative	रेवत्याम् (revatyām)	रेवत्योः (revatyoḥ)	रेवतीषु (revatīṣu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → English: Revati
• → Kannada: ರೇವತಿ (rēvati)
• → Malayalam: രേവതി (rēvati)
• → Tamil: இரேவதி (irēvati), ரேவதி (rēvati)
• → Telugu: రేవతీ (rēvatī)
• → Thai: เรวดี (ree-wá-dii)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रेवती”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 888.