As a Hindi name
राघव · noun · masculine
रघु के वंश में उत्पन्न व्यक्ति · श्री रामचंद्र · दशरथ — Śabdasāgara
राघव · rāghav · s.m.
(f. -ī), A descendant of Raghu; a patronymic of Rām-ćandra — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 583
राघव · masculine
a descendant of Raghu; (an epithet of Shri Rāma); a male given name, Raghav, from Sanskrit
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi राघव — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit राघव (rāghava).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
rāghava m. (fr. raghu) a descendant of Raghu patr. of Aja, of Daśa-ratha, and (esp.) of Rāma-candra (du. rāghavau = Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa), R.; Ragh. &c.
N. of various authors and others (also with ācārya, bhaṭṭa, pañcānana-bhaṭṭācārya, cakravartin, rāya &c.), Cat.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a descendant of Raghu patr. of Aja, of Daśa-ratha, and (esp.) of Rāma-candra (du. rāghavau = Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa), &c.
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rāghava m. (fr. raghu) a descendant of Raghu patr. of Aja, of Daśa-ratha, and (esp.) of Rāma-candra (du. rāghavau = Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa), R.; Ragh. &c.
N. of various authors and others (also with ācārya, bhaṭṭa, pañcānana-bhaṭṭācārya, cakravartin, rāya &c.), Cat.
of a serpent-demon, L.
the seas, ocean, L.
a species of large fish, L.
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