Rama

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rama"

English

Rama: Avatar of Goddess Lakshmi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रमा (ramā).

• (Oumuamua): The nickname derives from the similarity of Oumuamua to the fictional object "Rama" in the story Rendezvous with Rama, where that fictional object is named for the goddess.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑːmə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑmə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːmə
• Hyphenation: Ra‧ma

Proper noun

Rama

1. (Hinduism) A name of the goddess Lakshmi.
2. A female given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.
3. Alternative form of Rāma (“an incarnation of the god Vishnu in Hinduism”).
4. Nickname for Oumuamua.
5. A river in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a major tributary of the Neretva.

Translations

avatar of Lakshmi

• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
• Bengali: রাম (bn) (ram)
• Czech: Ráma
• Finnish: Rama
• German: Rama (de)
• Gujarati: રામ (rām)
• Hindi: रमा (hi) f (ramā), रामा (hi) f (rāmā)
• Kannada: ರಾಮ (kn) (rāma)
• Khmer: រាម (km) (riem)
• Malayalam: രാമൻ (ml) (rāmaṉ)
• Marathi: रमा f (ramā)
• Odia: ରାମ (or) (rāma)
• Polish: Rama (pl) m
• Portuguese: Rama f
• Punjabi: ਰਾਮ (rām)
• Russian: Ра́ма (ru) m (Ráma)
• Sanskrit: रमा (sa) (ramā)
• Tamil: இராமர் (irāmar)
• Telugu: రమ (te) (rama)
• Western Panjabi: رام (rām)

river in Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Czech: Rama
• Polish: Rama (pl) f

See also

• RAMAcraft
• RAMADAR

 

Anagrams

• ARMA, maar, Mara, Aram, amra, mara, Amar

Albanian

Proper noun

Rama

1. definite nominative singular of Ramë

Proper noun

Rama

1. a surname originating as a patronymic

Statistics

• According to the 2011 Albanian census, Rama is the 30^th most common surname in Albania, belonging to 5712 individuals.

Cebuano

Proper noun

Rama

1. a surname from Sanskrit

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Rama.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ̃.mɐ/ [ˈhɐ̃.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ̃.mɐ/ [ˈhɐ̃.mɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ̃.mɐ/ [ˈχɐ̃.mɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ.ma/ [ˈhɐ.ma]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ.mɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ.mɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.mɐ/

• Homophone: rama

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit रमा (ramā).

Proper noun

Rama f

1. (Hinduism) Rama (avatar of Lakshmi)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit राम (rāma).

Proper noun

Rama m

1. (Hinduism) Rāma (avatar of Vishnu)