raṇa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rana"

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रण (raṇa, “war, battle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.na/
• Rhymes: -na
• Hyphenation: ra‧ṇa

Noun

raṇa

1. battle
2. war
3. combat
4. fight
5. conflict

Derived terms

• raṇabhūmi
• raṇadeśa
• raṇakriyā
• raṇakula
• raṇakārya
• raṇamadhya
• raṇamaṅgala
• raṇamaṇḍala
• raṇamukha
• raṇapada
• raṇapriya
• raṇasabhā
• raṇatala
• raṇayajña
• raṇāṅga
• raṇāṅgabhūmi
• raṇāṅgamadhya
• raṇāṅgana
• raṇāṅgana
• raṇāṅganasabhā
• raṇāṅgayajña
• raṇāṅgābhirāma

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦫꦤ (rana, “battle; battlefield”)
• → Balinese: ᬭᬡ (rana, “battlefield”)

Further reading

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀭𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• रण (Devanagari script)
• রণ (Bengali script)
• රණ (Sinhalese script)
• ရဏ or ရꧣ (Burmese script)
• รณ or ระณะ (Thai script)
• ᩁᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣຓ or ຣະຓະ (Lao script)
• រណ (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄕 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit रण n (raṇa, “battle”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ránam (“battle”).

Noun

raṇa n

1. battle

Declension

Declension table of "raṇa" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	raṇaṃ	raṇāni
Accusative (second)	raṇaṃ	raṇāni
Instrumental (third)	raṇena	raṇehi or raṇebhi
Dative (fourth)	raṇassa or raṇāya or raṇatthaṃ	raṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	raṇasmā or raṇamhā or raṇā	raṇehi or raṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)	raṇassa	raṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	raṇasmiṃ or raṇamhi or raṇe	raṇesu
Vocative (calling)	raṇa	raṇāni

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit रण m (ráṇa, “pleasure, delight, etc.”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ran- (“pleasure, joy”).

Noun

raṇa m

1. intoxication, desire
2. sin, fault

Declension

Declension table of "raṇa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	raṇo	raṇā
Accusative (second)	raṇaṃ	raṇe
Instrumental (third)	raṇena	raṇehi or raṇebhi
Dative (fourth)	raṇassa or raṇāya or raṇatthaṃ	raṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	raṇasmā or raṇamhā or raṇā	raṇehi or raṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)	raṇassa	raṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	raṇasmiṃ or raṇamhi or raṇe	raṇesu
Vocative (calling)	raṇa	raṇā

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “raṇa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 401.