रहमान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رَحْمٰن (rahmān), Arabic رَحْمَٰن (raḥmān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾəɦ.mɑːn/, [ɾɛʱ.mä̃ːn]

Adjective

रहमान • (rahmān) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling رحمن)

1. merciful, compassionate

   Synonyms: रहीम (rahīm), दयालु (dayālu), कृपालु (kŕpālu)

Proper noun

रहमान • (rahmān) m (Urdu spelling رَحْمان)

1. (Islam) "the merciful one"; a name for Allah
2. a male given name, Rahman, from Arabic

Declension

Declension of रहमान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रहमान rahmān	रहमान rahmān
oblique	रहमान rahmān	रहमानों rahmānõ
vocative	रहमान rahmān	रहमानो rahmāno

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “रहमान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press