As a Hindi name
राण · noun · masculine
पत्ता । दल · मोरपंख । मोर की पूँछ — Śabdasāgara
राण · rāṇa · s.m.
= rāṇā, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 584
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a leaf
Verified derivationMultiple readings (11)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "rāṇa" is the vocative of "rāṇā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
rāṇa m. n. (√ 2. raṇ) murmuring, L.
rāṇa n. a leaf, L.
a peacock's tail, L. (cf. rāja-rāṇaka)
rāṇa n. (-ṇaṃ) 1 A leaf. 2 A peacock's tail. E. raṇa to sound, aff. ghañ.
rāṇā f. (prob.) N. of a goddess.
rāṇā m. (corruption of rājan, q.v.) a king.
Alternative readings
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