रामायण

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit रामायण (rāmāyaṇa).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.mɑː.jəɳ/,

रामायण • (rāmāyaṇ) f or m (Urdu spelling رَامَایَن or رَامَائِن)

1. (Hinduism, literature) Ramayana

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “रामायण”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 168
• Platts, John T. (1884) “रामायण”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 583
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रामायण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 862
• “راماین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

रामायण (rāmāyaṇa) n

1. Devanagari script form of 𑀭𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀬𑀡

Compound of राम (rāma, “Rāma”) +‎ अयन (ayana, “course”), literally “course of Rāma”.

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.mɑː.jɐ.ɳɐ/

रामायण • (rāmāyaṇa) stem, n

1. (Classical Sanskrit, Hinduism, literature) Ramayana

• Prakrit: रामायण (rāmāyaṇa)
  • Takka Apabhramsa: 𑆫𑆳𑆩𑆳𑆪𑆟 (rāmāyaṇa)

• Monier Williams (1899) “रामायण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 878.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “rāmāyaṇa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “रामायण”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1339