Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raghava

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: ragha-va
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Epithet (patronymic) of Rāma, descendant of Raghu.

name

A male given name from Sanskrit.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Sanskrit राघव (rāghava).

Questions

What does raghava mean?: Epithet (patronymic) of Rāma, descendant of Raghu.
Where does raghava come from?: Unadapted borrowing from Sanskrit राघव (rāghava).

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