राज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬭᬵᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • ৰাজ্ (Assamese script)
  • রাজ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰨𑰯𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌰𑌾𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • રાજ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਰਾਜੑ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦫꦴꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • រាជ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ರಾಜ್ (Kannada script)
  • ຣາຊ຺ (Lao script)
  • രാജ് (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘨𑘰𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠷᠠᢗᠽ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡯ (Manchu script)
  • ရာဇ် (Burmese script)
  • 𑧈𑧑𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐬𑐵𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ରାଜ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢬꢵꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆫𑆳𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖨𑖯𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • රාජ් (Sinhalese script)
  • రాజ్ (Telugu script)
  • ราชฺ (Thai script)
  • རཱ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒩𑒰𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ćš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗḱs (“king”). Cognate with Latin rēx (“king”), Welsh rhi (“king”).

Noun

राज् • (rā́j) root form, m

  1. (Rigvedic) a king, sovereign, chief
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.12.1:
      मध्ये होता दुरोणे बर्हिषो राळ्अग्निस्तोदस्य रोदसी यजध्यै
      madhye hotā duroṇe barhiṣo rāḷagnistodasya rodasī yajadhyai
      May Agni the king of trimmed grass, Herald within the dwelling, worship the Impeller's World-halves.
Declension
Declension of राज्
Singular Plural
Nominative राट् (rā́ṭ) राजः (rā́jaḥ)
Vocative राट् (rā́ṭ) -
Accusative राजम् (rā́jam) -
Instrumental राजा (rājā) rā́ḍbhiḥ -
Dative राजे (rā́je) -
Genitive राजः (rā́jaḥ) राजाम् (rā́jām)
Locative राजि (rāji) rā́ṭsu -

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-.

Root

राज् • (rāj)

  1. to rule, to reign
  2. to direct, to govern
  3. to be a king; to be kingly or regal
  • राज (rāja, “king, sovereign; (ifc.) best of its kind”)
  • राजघातक (rājaghātaka, “regicide”)
  • राजति (rā́jati, “to rule, reign”)
  • राजते (rā́jate, “to rule, reign”)
  • राजन (rājana, “belonging to a royal family”)
  • राजन् (rāján, “government, guidance”)
  • राजन् (rā́jan, “king, sovereign, monarch”)
  • राजपति (rā́japati, “lord of kings, emperor”)
  • राजसे (rājáse, “(infinitive) to rule, to reign”)
  • राज् (rā́j, “king, sovereign, monarch”)
  • राज्ञी (rā́jñī, “queen”)
  • राज्य (rājyá, rā́jya, “royalty, kingship, sovereignty; kingdom, empire, realm”)
  • राज्य (rājyá, “royal, kingly, princely, regal”)
  • राट् (rā́ṭ, “king, sovereign, monarch (nominative of rā́j)”)
  • राष्टि (rā́ṣṭi, “to direct; to rule”)
  • राष्ट्र (rāṣṭrá, “kingdom, realm, empire; nation, populace, subjects”)
  • राष्ट्रपति (rāṣṭrápati, “sovereign, head of state”)
  • राष्ट्रि (rāṣṭri, “queen, female sovereign or proprietress”)
  • राष्ट्रिय (rāṣṭríya, “heir apparent, pretender”)
  • राष्ट्री (rā́ṣṭrī, “queen, female sovereign or proprietress”)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899), “राज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 872/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 444-6
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