راوی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَاوٍ‎ (rāwin).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːˈwiː/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːˈwiː/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾɒːˈviː/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɾɔˈvi/

Noun

راوی • (râvi) (plural رواة‎ (ravât) or راویان‎ (râviyân))

(literature) narrator (of a novel, etc.)
(historical) court minstrel
Synonym: مطرب‎ (motreb)

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit इरावती (irāvatī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.ʋiː/
Rhymes: -iː
Hyphenation: را‧وی

Proper noun

راوی • (rāvī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਰਾਵੀ)

Ravi (a river in Punjab, Pakistan and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the state of Himachal Pradesh in India).

Descendants

→ Urdu: راوی‎ (rāvī)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “irāvatī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 824

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