rāma

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rama"

Old Javanese

Other scripts
Kawi
Javanese	ꦫꦴꦩ
Balinese
Roman	rāma

Alternative forms

• arama

Etymology

ra- +‎ ama from Proto-Austronesian *ama-h (“father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.ma/
• Rhymes: -ma
• Hyphenation: rā‧ma

Noun

rāma

1. father (once: mother in Udyogaparwa), also used for uncle, guru, etc.
2. the eldest, senior (in religious community, village, army)

Derived terms

• arama
• arama-raman
• araraman
• arāma
• karāman
• pinakarāmakĕn
• rāmanta

 

• mantri araraman
• rāma tuha
• rāmâdhikāra
• rāmâdhyakṣa

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦫꦩ (rama)
  • → Indonesian: rama, romo (semantic loan)
• → Balinese: ᬭᬵᬫ (rama)

References

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀭𑀸𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• राम (Devanagari 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

rāma m

1. delight

Declension

Declension table of "rāma" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	rāmo	rāmā
Accusative (second)	rāmaṃ	rāme
Instrumental (third)	rāmena	rāmehi or rāmebhi
Dative (fourth)	rāmassa or rāmāya or rāmatthaṃ	rāmānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	rāmasmā or rāmamhā or rāmā	rāmehi or rāmebhi
Genitive (sixth)	rāmassa	rāmānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	rāmasmiṃ or rāmamhi or rāme	rāmesu
Vocative (calling)	rāma	rāmā