راوی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَاوٍ (rāwin).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾɑː.ˈwiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑː.wíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑː.wíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rɑː.wíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rɔː.wí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹɒː.víː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɔ.ví]

Readings
Classical reading?	rāwī
Iranian reading?	râvi
Tajik reading?	rovī

Noun

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

1. (literature) narrator (of a novel, etc.)
2. (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)

1. 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