रम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰম্ (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
• রম্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ရမ် (Burmese script)
• રમ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਰਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ರಮ್ (Kannada script)
• រម៑ (Khmer script)
• ຣມ຺ (Lao script)
• രമ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
• ରମ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢬꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
• රම් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
• ரம் (Tamil script)
• రమ్ (Telugu script)
• รมฺ (Thai script)
• ར་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hram-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem- (“to rest”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐm/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾɐm/

Root

रम् • (ram)

1. to enjoy, delight
2. to stay, rest

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root रम् (0 c, 7 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root रम् (16 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• रमते (rámate) (Present)
• रमति (rámati) (Present)
• रम्णाति (ramṇāti) (Present)
• रंस्यति (raṃsyati) (Future)
• रन्ता (rantā) (Periphrastic Future)
• अरंस्त (áraṃsta) (Aorist)
• रराम (rarāma) (Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• रम्यते (rámyate) (Passive)
• रमयति (ramáyati) (Causative)
• रामयति (rāmáyati) (Causative)
• अरीरमत् (árīramat) (Causative Aorist)
• रंरम्यते (raṃramyáte) (Intensive)
• रंरमीति (ráṃramīti) (Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• रत (ratá) (Past Participle)
• रन्तुम् (rantum) (Infinitive)
• रन्तोस् (rantos) (Infinitive)
• रमितुम् (ramitum) (Infinitive)
• रत्वा (ratvā́) (Gerund)
• रन्त्वा (rantvā) (Gerund)
• रम्य (ramya) (Gerund)
• रम्य (ramyà) (Gerundive)
• रमणीय (ramaṇīya) (Gerundive)
• रन्तव्य (rantavya) (Gerundive)
• रिरंसु (riraṃsu) (Desiderative Participle)
• रिरमयिषु (riramayiṣu) (Desiderative Participle of Causative)

Derived Nominal Forms

• रति (ráti)
• रन्तृ (rántṛ)
• रम (rama)
• रमति (ramati)
• रमण (ramaṇa)
• रमणी (ramaṇī)
• रमा (ramā)
• रान्ति (rānti)
• राम (rā́ma)
• रामण (rāmaṇa)
• रिरंसा (riraṃsā)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अनुरम् (anuram)
• अभिरम् (abhiram)
• आरम् (āram)
• उपरम् (uparam)
• निरम् (niram)
• विरम् (viram)
• संरम् (saṃram)

See also

• रण् (raṇ, “to rejoice”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “रम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 867, column 2.
• William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 137

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “ram”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 435-436
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 252-253