Arjuna

See also: arjuna

English

Arjuna statue in Bali

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit अर्जुन (arjuna).

Proper noun

Arjuna (countable and uncountable, plural Arjunas)

1. A male given name from Sanskrit, popular in South Asia.
2. A major character of the Mahabharata, a Sanskrit epic.

Alternative forms

• Arjun (given name)

Translations

male given name

• Bengali: অর্জুন (bn) (orjun)
• Doteli: अर्जुन (arjuna)
• Hindi: अर्जुन (hi) (arjun)
• Indonesian: Arjuna
• Kannada: ಅರ್ಜುನ್ (arjun)
• Maithili: अर्जुन (arjun)
• Malayalam: അർജുൻ (aṟjuṉ)
• Marathi: अर्जुन (arjun)
• Nepali: अर्जुन (ne) (arjuna)
• Punjabi: ਅਰਜੁਨ (arajun)
• Russian: А́рджун m (Árdžun)
• Sinhalese: අර්ජුන (arjuna)
• Tamil: அர்ஜுன் (arjuṉ)
• Telugu: అర్జున్ (te) (arjun)

hero of the Mahabharata

• Assamese: অৰ্জুন (orzun)
• Bengali: অর্জুন (bn) (orjun)
• Gujarati: અર્જુન (arjun)
• Hindi: अर्जुन (hi) (arjun)
• Kannada: ಅರ್ಜುನ (kn) (arjuna)
• Malayalam: അർജ്ജുനൻ (ml) (aṟjjunaṉ)
• Marathi: अर्जुन (arjun)
• Nepali: अर्जुन (ne) (arjuna)
• Portuguese: Arjuna m
• Punjabi: ਅਰਜੁਨ (arajun)
• Russian: А́рджуна m (Árdžuna)
• Sanskrit: अर्जुनः (sa) (arjunaḥ)
• Tamil: அருச்சுனன் (ta) (aruccuṉaṉ), அர்ஜுனன் (arjuṉaṉ)
• Telugu: అర్జునుడు (te) (arjunuḍu)
• Thai: อรชุน (onchun)
• Western Panjabi: ارجن (arjun)

See also

• Arjun
• Aruna

 

References

1. Puranic Encyclopedia: a comprehensive dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature, Vettam Mani, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1975, pp. 48-54.

Balinese

Romanization

Arjuna

1. Romanization of ᬅᬃᬚᬸᬦ

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦄꦂꦗꦸꦤ (Arjuna), from Sanskrit अर्जुन (arjuna).

Proper noun

Arjuna

1. Arjuna
   1. a male given name from Javanese, Sanskrit, popular in South Asia.
   2. A major character of the Mahabharata, a Sanskrit epic.

Javanese

Romanization

Arjuna

1. Romanization of ꦄꦂꦗꦸꦤ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अर्जुन (arjuna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar.d͡ʒu.na/
• Rhymes: -na
• Hyphenation: Ar‧ju‧na

Proper noun

Arjuna

1. Arjuna
   1. a male given name from Sanskrit, popular in South Asia.
   2. A major character of the Mahabharata, a Sanskrit epic.

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦄꦂꦗꦸꦤ (Arjuna), ꦲꦼꦂꦗꦸꦤ (Herjuna)
• → Balinese: ᬅᬃᬚᬸᬦ (Arjuna)

Further reading

• "Arjuna" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Arjuna m

1. (Hinduism) Arjuna (hero of the Mahabharata)

Tocharian B

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अर्जुन (arjuna).

Proper noun

Arjuna

1. a male given name (Arjuna, hero of the Mahabharata)

Further reading

Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “Arcune”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 25