English

Rama: Avatar of Goddess Lakshmi

Proper noun

Rama

1. (Hinduism) A name of the goddess Lakshmi (Devanagari: रमा).
2. A female given name mainly used in India.
3. Alternative spelling of Rāma

Translations

Anagrams

• maar
• mara, Mara

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ.mɐ/
• Homophone: rama

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Sanskrit रमा ‎(ramā).

Proper noun

Rama f

1. (Hinduism) Rama (avatar of Lakshmi)

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Sanskrit राम ‎(rāma).

Proper noun

Rama m

1. (Hinduism) Rāma (avatar of Vishnu)

French

Verb

rama

1. third-person singular past historic of ramer

Anagrams

• arma

Galician

Noun

rama f ‎(plural ramas)

1. branch (of a tree)
2. field, branch, discipline

Hausa

Etymology 1

Noun

ramā̀ f

1. hemp, jute

Etymology 2

Noun

rā̀ma f

1. emaciation

Italian

Verb

rama

1. inflection of ramare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• amar, arma

Javanese

Noun

rama

1. title conferred on an adult male
2. father

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Austronesian (compare Fijian tama, Indonesian rama, Tagalog ama).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ramə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /rama/
• Rhymes: -amə, -mə, -ə

Noun

rama

1. father (male parent)

Synonyms

• bapa (bapanda, bapai, bapak, bapang, baba, papa)
• abah (aba, bah)
• ayah (ayahanda, aya, yah)

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Indonesian damar).

Noun

rama

1. torch
2. light

Etymology 2

From English rum.

Noun

rama

1. rum

Old High German

Noun

rama ?

1. support

Pitjantjatjara

Adjective

rama

1. mad
2. crazy

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

rama f ‎(diminutive ramka)

1. frame
2. crossbar (tube of a bicycle frame)

Declension

Rapa Nui

Noun

rama

1. torch

Romansch

Etymology

From a Germanic language (compare German Rahmen).

Noun

rama m (plural ramas)

1. (Sursilvan) frame, framework

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) rom
• (Puter) ram

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈràːma/
• Tonal orthography: ráma

Noun

ráma f ‎(genitive ráme, nominative plural ráme)

1. shoulder (joint between arm and torso)

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From ramo

Noun

rama f ‎(plural ramas)

1. branch

Derived terms

• ramada
• ramificar
• ramita f
• ramo

See also

• vara

Sundanese

Noun

rama

1. father

Swedish

Etymology

ram +‎ -a

Verb

rama ‎(present ramar, preterite ramade, supine ramat, imperative rama)

1. to frame (to put a frame around)

Conjugation

Related terms

• inrama
• rama in

Veps

Noun

rama

1. frame

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “оправа”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika