Where does “રણ” come from?
રણ (Gujarati) comes from Old Gujarati अरंन, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡, from Sanskrit अरण्य, from Sanskrit अरण, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-.
રણ (Gujarati): desert; wilderness; battlefield
Definitions
- desert; wilderness; battlefield
Ancestry of “રણ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Gujarati | अरंन | forest |
| 2 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀅𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 | jungle |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अरण्य | a foreign or a distant land; forest, wilderness;... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | अरण | strange, foreign; distant |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | — |