रोहण

See also: रोहिणी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रोहण (róhaṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾoː.ɦəɳ/, [ɾoː.ɦɐ̃ɳ]

Noun

रोहण • (rohaṇ) m (Urdu spelling روہَن)

1. (formal) the act of mounting, riding, ascending, climbing
2. (rare) semen

   Synonyms: वीर्य (vīrya), शुक्र (śukra)

Declension

Declension of रोहण (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रोहण rohaṇ	रोहण rohaṇ
oblique	रोहण rohaṇ	रोहणों rohaṇõ
vocative	रोहण rohaṇ	रोहणो rohaṇo

Proper noun

रोहण • (rohaṇ) m (Urdu spelling روہَن)

1. Adam's Peak (a mountain in Sri Lanka)
2. a male given name, Rohan, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of रोहण (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रोहण rohaṇ	रोहण rohaṇ
oblique	रोहण rohaṇ	रोहणों rohaṇõ
vocative	रोहण rohaṇ	रोहणो rohaṇo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “रोहण”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “रोहण”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रोहण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “روہَن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Prakrit

Noun

रोहण (rohaṇa) n

1. Devanagari script form of 𑀭𑁄𑀳𑀡 (“climbing”)

Proper noun

रोहण (rohaṇa) m

1. Devanagari script form of 𑀭𑁄𑀳𑀡 (“Adam's Peak”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰোহণ (Assamese script)
• ᬭᭀᬳᬡ (Balinese script)
• রোহণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰺𑰮𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑁄𑀳𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ရောဟဏ (Burmese script)
• રોહણ (Gujarati script)
• ਰੋਹਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑍋𑌹𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦺꦴꦲꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂷𑂯𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ರೋಹಣ (Kannada script)
• រោហណ (Khmer script)
• ໂຣຫຓ (Lao script)
• രോഹണ (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠣᡥᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘻𑘮𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠣᠸᠠᠾᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧜𑧎𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑑀𑐴𑐞 (Newa script)
• ରୋହଣ (Odia script)
• ꢬꣂꢲꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆾𑆲𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖺𑖮𑖜 (Siddham script)
• රොහණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩕𑪂𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚴𑚩𑚘 (Takri script)
• ரோஹண (Tamil script)
• రోహణ (Telugu script)
• โรหณ (Thai script)
• རོ་ཧ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒼𑒯𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨆𑨱𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root रुह् (ruh, “to ascend, mount, climb, rise, thrive, prosper”) +‎ -अन (-ana).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ́w.ɦɐ.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɾoː.ɦɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

रोहण • (róhaṇa) stem, n

1. the act of mounting, riding, ascending, climbing
2. putting or fastening on (of a bowstring)
3. healing (of a wound)
4. the state of consisting of or arising from
5. semen

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:वीर्य

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of रोहण (róhaṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रोहणम् róhaṇam	रोहणे róhaṇe	रोहणानि / रोहणा¹ róhaṇāni / róhaṇā¹
Vocative	रोहण róhaṇa	रोहणे róhaṇe	रोहणानि / रोहणा¹ róhaṇāni / róhaṇā¹
Accusative	रोहणम् róhaṇam	रोहणे róhaṇe	रोहणानि / रोहणा¹ róhaṇāni / róhaṇā¹
Instrumental	रोहणेन róhaṇena	रोहणाभ्याम् róhaṇābhyām	रोहणैः / रोहणेभिः¹ róhaṇaiḥ / róhaṇebhiḥ¹
Dative	रोहणाय róhaṇāya	रोहणाभ्याम् róhaṇābhyām	रोहणेभ्यः róhaṇebhyaḥ
Ablative	रोहणात् róhaṇāt	रोहणाभ्याम् róhaṇābhyām	रोहणेभ्यः róhaṇebhyaḥ
Genitive	रोहणस्य róhaṇasya	रोहणयोः róhaṇayoḥ	रोहणानाम् róhaṇānām
Locative	रोहणे róhaṇe	रोहणयोः róhaṇayoḥ	रोहणेषु róhaṇeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀭𑁄𑀳𑀡 (rohaṇa)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: रोहण (rohaṇ)

  Urdu: روہَن (rohan)

• → Telugu: రోహణము (rōhaṇamu)

Proper noun

रोहण • (róhaṇa) stem, m

1. Adam's Peak (a mountain in Sri Lanka)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of रोहण (róhaṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रोहणः róhaṇaḥ	रोहणौ / रोहणा¹ róhaṇau / róhaṇā¹	रोहणाः / रोहणासः¹ róhaṇāḥ / róhaṇāsaḥ¹
Vocative	रोहण róhaṇa	रोहणौ / रोहणा¹ róhaṇau / róhaṇā¹	रोहणाः / रोहणासः¹ róhaṇāḥ / róhaṇāsaḥ¹
Accusative	रोहणम् róhaṇam	रोहणौ / रोहणा¹ róhaṇau / róhaṇā¹	रोहणान् róhaṇān
Instrumental	रोहणेन róhaṇena	रोहणाभ्याम् róhaṇābhyām	रोहणैः / रोहणेभिः¹ róhaṇaiḥ / róhaṇebhiḥ¹
Dative	रोहणाय róhaṇāya	रोहणाभ्याम् róhaṇābhyām	रोहणेभ्यः róhaṇebhyaḥ
Ablative	रोहणात् róhaṇāt	रोहणाभ्याम् róhaṇābhyām	रोहणेभ्यः róhaṇebhyaḥ
Genitive	रोहणस्य róhaṇasya	रोहणयोः róhaṇayoḥ	रोहणानाम् róhaṇānām
Locative	रोहणे róhaṇe	रोहणयोः róhaṇayoḥ	रोहणेषु róhaṇeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “रोहण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 890.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “rohaṇa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “रोहण”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “रोहण”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rṓhaṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press