As a Hindi name
रोम · noun · masculine
देह के बाल । रोयाँ । लोम · ऊन । ऊर्ण · चिड़ियों का पर । पंख (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
रोम · noun · masculine
छेद । छिद्र । सुराख · जल । पानी — Śabdasāgara
रोम · rom
prop. n. The city Rome — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 607
रोम · roma · s.m.
Hair of the body (of men and animals); down; bristle; wool — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 607
रोम · masculine
Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire); Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy); Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire)
a Hindi word of English origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from English Rome. Doublet of रूम (rūm).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a hole, cavity
Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "roma" is the vocative of "roman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. roma m. (of uncertain derivation, but cf. 1. ropa) a hole, cavity, L.
roma n. water, L.
2. roma m. the city Rome, Cat. (cf. bṛhad-roma and next)
pl. N. of a people, VP.
roma , 3. 4. roma. See under 1. roman.
1. roman n. (prob. connected with √ 1. ruh; cf. loman) the hair on the body of men and animals, (esp.) short hair, bristles, wool, down, nap &c. (less properly applicable to the long hair on the head and beard of men, and to that of the mane and tail of animals), RV. &c. &c.
the feathers of a bird, R. (cf. mayūra-r˚)
Alternative readings
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