ਰਵਾ

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Punjabi[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian روا (“rawā”).

Adjective[edit]

ਰਵਾ • (ravā) (Shahmukhi spelling روا)

  1. just, proper
  2. justifiable, lawful
Declension[edit]
Declension of ਰਵਾ
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct ਰਵਾ (ravā) ਰਵੇ (rave) ਰਵੀ (ravī) ਰਵੀਆਂ (ravīā̃)
oblique ਰਵੇ (rave) ਰਵਿਆਂ (raviā̃) ਰਵੀ (ravī) ਰਵੀਆਂ (ravīā̃)
Related terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

ਰਵਾ • (ravā) m (Shahmukhi spelling روا)

  1. pedigree, ancestry, lineage

Etymology 2[edit]

From Sanskrit.

Noun[edit]

ਰਵਾ • (ravā) m (Shahmukhi spelling روا)

  1. grain (of hard glittering substances)
    ਮਹੀਨ ਰਵਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਕਲ ਵਿਚ ― mahīn raviā̃ dī śakal vic ― in the shape of fine grains
  2. semolina
    Synonym: ਸੂਜੀ (sūjī)

Further reading[edit]

  • “ਰਵਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਰਵਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
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