Richard in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “Richard” in Hindi is रिचर्ड, pronounced ricarḍ . Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs
Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor.
Proto-Germanic *rīks
Proto-West Germanic *rīk
Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.?
Proto-Germanic *harduz
Proto-Germanic *-jaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ī
Proto-West Germanic *hardu
Proto-West Germanic *Rīkuhardu
Old High German Rihhart
Middle High German Rihardbor.
Medieval Latin Richardusder.
Old French Richardbor.
Middle English Rycharde
English Richard
From Middle English Rycharde, from Old French Richard, from Medieval Latin Richardus, Ricohardus, from Frankish *Rīkahard, from Proto-Germanic *Rīkaharduz, a construction of *rīks (“king, ruler”) + *harduz (“hard, brave”). Cognate with Old High German Rīcohard (“Richard”). Unrelated to rich.
A hypothetical Old English equivalent *Rīċheard would also yield an identical "Richard" in Modern English, though it is unknown if the Old English equivalent existed.
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Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs
Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor.
Proto-Germanic *rīks
Proto-West Germanic *rīk
Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.?
Proto-Germanic *harduz
Proto-Germanic *-jaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ī
Proto-West Germanic *hardu
Proto-West Germanic *Rīkuhardu
Old High German Rihhart
Middle High German Rihardbor.
Medieval Latin Richardusder.
Old French Richardbor.
Middle English Rycharde
English Richard
From Middle English Rycharde, from Old French Richard, from Medieval Latin Richardus, Ricohardus, from Frankish *Rīkahard, from Proto-Germanic *Rīkaharduz, a construction of *rīks (“king, ruler”) + *harduz (“hard, brave”). Cognate with Old High German Rīcohard (“Richard”). Unrelated to rich.
A hypothetical Old English equivalent *Rīċheard would also yield an identical "Richard" in Modern English, though it is unknown if the Old English equivalent existed.
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