राहु
Hindi
Etymology
From Sanskrit राहु (rāhu).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɾɑː.ɦuː/, [ɾäː.ɦuː]
Noun
राहु • (rāhu) m
- (astrology) Rāhu, one of the Navagrahas, representing the ascending lunar node.
- (Hinduism) an Asura who swallows the sun or the moon, causing eclipses.
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “राहु”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4175
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “राहु”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 864
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “राहु”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 648
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ৰাহু (Assamese script)
- ᬭᬵᬳᬸ (Balinese script)
- রাহু (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰯𑰮𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ရာဟု (Burmese script)
- રાહુ (Gujarati script)
- ਰਾਹੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌰𑌾𑌹𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦫꦴꦲꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂰𑂯𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ರಾಹು (Kannada script)
- រាហុ (Khmer script)
- ຣາຫຸ (Lao script)
- രാഹു (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᠠ᠊ᠠᡥᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘨𑘰𑘮𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠠᢗᠾᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧈𑧑𑧎𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑐵𑐴𑐸 (Newa script)
- ରାହୁ (Odia script)
- ꢬꢵꢲꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆳𑆲𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖯𑖮𑖲 (Siddham script)
- රාහු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩼𑩛𑪂𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚤𑚭𑚩𑚰 (Takri script)
- ராஹு (Tamil script)
- రాహు (Telugu script)
- ราหุ (Thai script)
- རཱ་ཧུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒰𑒯𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨊𑨱𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root रभ् (rabh, “to grasp”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɾɑː.ɦu/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɾɑː.ɦu/
Noun
राहु • (rāhu) stem, m
- (Hinduism) Rahu, one of the Navagrahas.
- an eclipse or (rather) the moment of the beginning of an occultation or obscuration
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | राहुः (rāhuḥ) | राहू (rāhū) | राहवः (rāhavaḥ) |
| accusative | राहुम् (rāhum) | राहू (rāhū) | राहून् (rāhūn) |
| instrumental | राहुणा (rāhuṇā) राह्वा¹ (rāhvā¹) |
राहुभ्याम् (rāhubhyām) | राहुभिः (rāhubhiḥ) |
| dative | राहवे (rāhave) राह्वे¹ (rāhve¹) |
राहुभ्याम् (rāhubhyām) | राहुभ्यः (rāhubhyaḥ) |
| ablative | राहोः (rāhoḥ) राह्वः¹ (rāhvaḥ¹) |
राहुभ्याम् (rāhubhyām) | राहुभ्यः (rāhubhyaḥ) |
| genitive | राहोः (rāhoḥ) राह्वः¹ (rāhvaḥ¹) |
राह्वोः (rāhvoḥ) | राहूणाम् (rāhūṇām) |
| locative | राहौ (rāhau) | राह्वोः (rāhvoḥ) | राहुषु (rāhuṣu) |
| vocative | राहो (rāho) | राहू (rāhū) | राहवः (rāhavaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Bengali: রাহু (rahu)
- → Burmese: ရာဟု (rahu.)
- → Chinese: 罗睺
- → Vietnamese: La Hầu
- → English: Rāhu
- → Gujarati: રાહુ (rāhu)
- → Hindi: राहु (rāhu)
- → Indonesian: Rahu
- → Kannada: ರಾಹು (rāhu)
- → Khmer: រាហុ (riəhoʼ)
- → Malayalam: രാഹു (rāhu)
- Marathi: राहू (rāhū)
- → Nepali: राहु (rāhu)
- → Punjabi: ਰਾਹੂ (rāhū)
- → Sinhalese: රාහු (rāhu)
- → Tagalog: laho (eclipse)
- → Tamil: இராகு (irāku)
- → Telugu: రాహు (rāhu)
- → Thai: ราหู (raa-hǔu)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “राहु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0879.