As a deity name
Name 163 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 41 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 739 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 897 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
राम
लषन दोउ बीर ।—तुलसी (शब्द॰) · युक्त । मिला हुआ · अवलंबित । आश्रित । मुनहसर — Śabdasāgara
राम · noun · masculine
सूर्यवंशी महाराज दशरथ के पुत्र जो दस अवतारों में से एक माने जाते हैं । विशेष दे॰ 'रामचंद्र' · परशुराम जो विष्णु के अंशावतार माने जाते हैं । विशेष दे॰ 'परशुराम' · कृष्ण के बड़े भाई बलराम या बलदेव । विशेष दे॰ 'बलराम' — Śabdasāgara
राम · masculine
Shri Rāma, the seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu; a male given name, Ram or Rāma, from Sanskrit
Platts (p. 583) also records: (f. -ā), Pleasing, delighting, pleasant; lovely, beautiful, charming
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi राम — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit राम (rāma).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
rāma mf(ā)n. (prob. ‘causing rest’, and in most meanings fr. √ ram) dark, dark-coloured, black (cf. rātri), AV.; TĀr. (rāmaḥ śakuniḥ. a black bird, crow, KāṭhGṛ.; Viṣṇ.)
white (?), L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(prob. ‘causing rest’, and in most meanings fr. √ ram) dark, dark-coloured, black (cf. rātri), (rāmaḥ śakuniḥ. a black bird, crow, )
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (9)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "rāma" is the vocative of "rāmā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
rāma mf(ā)n. (prob. ‘causing rest’, and in most meanings fr. √ ram) dark, dark-coloured, black (cf. rātri), AV.; TĀr. (rāmaḥ śakuniḥ. a black bird, crow, KāṭhGṛ.; Viṣṇ.)
white (?), L.
pleasing, pleasant, charming, lovely, beautiful, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
rāma m. a kind of deer, Car.
a horse, L.
rāmā f. a beautiful woman, any young and charming woman, mistress, wife, any woman, KaṭhUp.; MBh. &c. (for comp. See p. 878)
a dark woman i.e. a woman of low origin, TS.; TĀr.
Alternative readings
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