The corpus record — Sanskrit

romāṇi

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Where it lives

Chandogya Upanisad 1 · 0.21/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. röman-

röman- n. Haar, Körperhaar (von Menschen und Tieren) [RV + {auch "roman-, o. 11317}], römanvant- behaart (RV 9,112,4), romasd- stark behaart, hazrig (RV +); Iöman- n. Körperhaar {RV [10,163,5.6] +), Iömavant- haarig (Sarhh +; s. AiGr I 2,889), a-lomäka- ("lömaka-) haarlos (Käth +; vgl. AiGr Il 1,103), bahir-loma- außen behaart (MS; u.a., s. AiGr II 1,115, 120, o. I 172), lomasd- behaart, mit Gras bewachsen (AV, Käth … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. röman-, p. 498]

2. رْمَن

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.

3. رْمَن

the feathers of a bird, R. ( cf. mayūrar)

4. رْمَن

2. roman m. pl. N. of a people, MBh. ; VP.

In the wild

romāṇi Chandogya Upanisad chup_8,13.1

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. röman (vol. 2, scan p. 498; entry #3796). Root candidates: *razua-.

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