Word history
Wiktionary records रावत (rāvat) as a Hindi surname. The etymology traces the surname through Prakrit rāyaütta to Sanskrit rājaputra. The Sanskrit compound contains the words for king and son and has the dictionary sense prince. रावत reflects the later sound sequence rather than the full older compound. This is the history of a title word, not evidence of an individual genealogy.
Sources: Wiktionary contributors · Hindi entry, etymology and surname sense · Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword rājaputra, page 873, column 2, entry L176434
Literal dictionary sense
Native-script forms
Sources and attribution
- Wiktionary contributors · Hindi entry, etymology and surname sense
- Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword rājaputra, page 873, column 2, entry L176434
Dictionary senses and word histories are selected and adapted. Adapted lexical text is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Linked Wiktionary entries provide contributor histories. Source register.