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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A male given name used in India.
2. 2
   A river of the Punjab flowing through both India and Pakistan.

   "We sit among the rushes on the banks of the Ravi and float in the flat boats on its muddy waters…"

Example

More examples

"Ravi is proud to be a Gujarati."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit रवि (ravi, “the sun or the sun-god.”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Punjabi راوی (rāvī) / ਰਾਵੀ (rāvī), from Sanskrit इरावती (irāvatī).

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.