raṇa

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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

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

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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 \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)raṇaṃraṇāni
Accusative (second)raṇaṃraṇāni
Instrumental (third)raṇenaraṇehi or raṇebhi
Dative (fourth)raṇassa or raṇāya or raṇatthaṃraṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)raṇasmā or raṇamhā or raṇāraṇehi or raṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)raṇassaraṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)raṇasmiṃ or raṇamhi or raṇeraṇesu
Vocative (calling)raṇaraṇāni

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 \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)raṇoraṇā
Accusative (second)raṇaṃraṇe
Instrumental (third)raṇenaraṇehi or raṇebhi
Dative (fourth)raṇassa or raṇāya or raṇatthaṃraṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)raṇasmā or raṇamhā or raṇāraṇehi or raṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)raṇassaraṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)raṇasmiṃ or raṇamhi or raṇeraṇesu
Vocative (calling)raṇaraṇā

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.
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