रवाना ravānā

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

روانه · fa · adj. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

Departed, set out.
Despatched.

Origin of the definition

रवाना ravānā rava:nā: (a) departed, set out; despatched; -करना to despatch; to cause to depart; —होना to depart, to set out.

P روانه rawāna (see rawān, rawā, and raw), adj. Going, &c. ( = rawān); departed; — despatched, sent; — s.m. A custom-house passport, a pass, permit: — rawāna karnā, v.t. To despatch, send: — rawāna honā, v.n. To be flowing, to flow; to be in motion, be proceeding; to proceed; to depart, to set out, to start (on a journey); to depart this life, to die; to be despatched, be sent.

Created
Monday 14 August 2023
Updated
Friday 18 April 2025