राजन्

See also: राजन and रंजन

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

rājan (Latin script)
𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
রাজন্ (Bengali script)
රාජන් (Sinhalese script)
ရာဇန် or ရႃၹၼ် (Burmese script)
ราชนฺ or ราชัน (Thai script)
ᩁᩣᨩᨶ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
ຣາຊນ຺ or ຣາຊັນ (Lao script)
រាជន៑ (Khmer script)
𑄢𑄂𑄎𑄚𑄴 (Chakma script)

Noun

राजन् m

Devanagari script form of rājan ("king")

Declension

Declension table of "राज" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	राजा (rājā)	राजानो (rājāno) or राजा (rājā)
Accusative (second)	राजानं (rājānaṃ) or राजं (rājaṃ)	राजानो (rājāno)
Instrumental (third)	रञ्ञा (raññā) or राजिना (rājinā) or राजेन (rājena)	राजूहि (rājūhi) or राजूभि (rājūbhi) or राजेहि (rājehi) or राजेभि (rājebhi)
Dative (fourth)	रञ्ञो (rañño) or राजिनो (rājino) or राजस्स (rājassa)	रञ्ञं (raññaṃ) or राजूनं (rājūnaṃ) or राजानं (rājānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	रञ्ञा (raññā)	राजूहि (rājūhi) or राजूभि (rājūbhi) or राजेहि (rājehi) or राजेभि (rājebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	रञ्ञो (rañño) or राजिनो (rājino) or राजस्स (rājassa)	रञ्ञं (raññaṃ) or राजूनं (rājūnaṃ) or राजानं (rājānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	रञ्ञे (raññe) or राजिनि (rājini)	राजूसु (rājūsu) or राजेसु (rājesu)
Vocative (calling)	राज (rāja)	राजानो (rājāno) or राजा (rājā)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

राज (rāja) — in compounds

Alternative scripts

ৰাজন্ (Assamese script)
ᬭᬵᬚᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
রাজন্ (Bengali script)
𑰨𑰯𑰕𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ရာဇန် (Burmese script)
રાજન્ (Gujarati script)
ਰਾਜਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦫꦴꦗꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂩𑂰𑂔𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ರಾಜೝ (Kannada script)
រាជន៑ (Khmer script)
ຣາຊນ຺ (Lao script)
രാജന് (Malayalam script)
ᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡯᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
𑘨𑘰𑘕𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠷᠠᢗᠽᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
𑧈𑧑𑦵𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐬𑐵𑐖𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
ରାଜନ୍ (Odia script)
ꢬꢵꢙꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆫𑆳𑆘𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖨𑖯𑖕𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
රාජන් (Sinhalese script)
𑩼𑩛𑩣𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚤𑚭𑚑𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
ராஜந் (Tamil script)
రాజౝ (Telugu script)
ราชนฺ (Thai script)
རཱ་ཛ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒩𑒰𑒖𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨫𑨊𑨥𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs

Sanskrit राजन्

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō. Cognate with Latin rēx (“king”), Welsh rhi. Also compare राज् (rāj, “king”). By surface analysis, from the root राज् (rāj, “to rule”) +‎ -अन् (-an).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɑ́ː.d͡ʑɐn/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.d͡ʑɐn̪/

Noun

राज॑न् • (rā́jan) stem, m (feminine राज्ञी)

a king, sovereign, prince, chief
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.36.4:
  स रा॒यस्खामुप॑ सृजा गृणा॒नः पु॑रुश्च॒न्द्रस्य॒ त्वमि॑न्द्र॒ वस्वः॑ ।
  पति॑र्बभू॒थास॑मो॒ जना॑ना॒मेको॒ विश्व॑स्य॒ भुव॑नस्य॒ राजा॑ ॥
  sá rāyáskhā́múpa sṛjā gṛṇānáḥ puruścandrásya tvámindra vásvaḥ.
  pátirbabhūthā́samo jánānāméko víśvasya bhúvanasya rā́jā.
  Lauded by us, let flow the spring, O Indra, of excellent and shining riches.
  For thou art Lord of men, without an equal: of all the world thou art the only King.

Declension

Masculine an-stem declension of राज॑न्
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	राजा॑ (rā́jā)	राजा॑नौ (rā́jānau) राजा॑ना¹ (rā́jānā¹)	राजा॑नः (rā́jānaḥ)
accusative	राजा॑नम् (rā́jānam)	राजा॑नौ (rā́jānau) राजा॑ना¹ (rā́jānā¹)	राज्ञः॑ (rā́jñaḥ)
instrumental	राज्ञा॑ (rā́jñā)	राज॑भ्याम् (rā́jabhyām)	राज॑भिः (rā́jabhiḥ)
dative	राज्ञे॑ (rā́jñe)	राज॑भ्याम् (rā́jabhyām)	राज॑भ्यः (rā́jabhyaḥ)
ablative	राज्ञः॑ (rā́jñaḥ)	राज॑भ्याम् (rā́jabhyām)	राज॑भ्यः (rā́jabhyaḥ)
genitive	राज्ञः॑ (rā́jñaḥ)	राज्ञोः॑ (rā́jñoḥ)	राज्ञा॑म् (rā́jñām)
locative	राज्ञि॑ (rā́jñi) राज॑नि (rā́jani) राज॑न्¹ (rā́jan¹)	राज्ञोः॑ (rā́jñoḥ)	राज॑सु (rā́jasu)
vocative	राज॑न् (rā́jan)	राजा॑नौ (rā́jānau) राजा॑ना¹ (rā́jānā¹)	राजा॑नः (rā́jānaḥ)

¹Vedic

Derived terms

महाराजन् (mahārājan)
राज॑पति (rā́japati, “lord of kings”)
राजवंश (rājavaṃśa, “dynasty”)

Descendants

Inherited

Prakrit: 𑀭𑀸𑀅 (rāa), 𑀭𑀸𑀬 (rāya) — Ardhamāgadhī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī, hiatus-filler, 𑀮𑀸𑀅 (lāa) — Māgadhī
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  - Bengali-Assamese:
    - Assamese: ৰায় (ray)
    - Bengali: রায় (raẏ)
    - Kamta: ৰায় (ray)
  - Bihari:
    - Bhojpuri: राय / 𑂩𑂰𑂨 (rāy)
    - Maithili: राय / 𑒩𑒰𑒨 (rāy)
  - Odia: ରାଏ (rāe)
- Central Indo-Aryan:
  - Eastern Hindi:
    - Old Awadhi: राय (rāya)
  - Western Hindi:
    - Hindustani:
      - Hindi: राय (rāy)
      - Urdu: رای (rāī)
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  - Punjabi: ਰਾਇ (rāi)
  - Sindhi: راءِ (rāi)
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
  - Old Marathi: राए / 𑘨𑘰𑘊 (rāe)
    - Marathi: राव (rāv)
- Western Indo-Aryan:
  - Old Gujarati: रा (rā), राय (rāya)
    - Gujarati: રાય (rāya), રાવ (rāv)
  - Old Marwari: राय (rāy)
  - Romani: raj
- → Kannada: ರಾಯ (rāya)
Pali: rājan
- → Burmese: ရာဇ (raja.)
- → Khmer: រាជ (riəc)

Borrowed

→ Assamese: ৰজা (roza)
→ Bengali: রাজা (raja)
→ Dhivehi: ރަދުން (radun̊), ރާއްޖެ (rājje)
→ Persian: رای (rây)
→ Gujarati: રાજા (rājā)
- → Vaghri: રાજા (rājā)
→ Hindi: राजा (rājā)
- → English: rajah
- → French: radjah
  - → Spanish: rajá
    - → Tagalog: raha
    - → Cebuano: raha
→ Kashmiri: राज़ (rāz)
→ Urdu: راجا (rājā)
→ Kannada: ರಾಜ (rāja)
→ Lao: ລາຊາ (lā sā)
→ Malayalam: രാജാവ് (rājāvŭ), രാജ (rāja)
→ Malay: raja; (راج)
- Indonesian: raja; van ophuijsen spelling (radja)
- Semai: rajak
- → Tagalog: ladya
- → Tausug: raja
- → Maranao: radia
→ Marathi: राजा (rājā)
→ Nepali: राजा (rājā)
→ Old Javanese: rāja
- > Javanese: ꦫꦗ (raja) (inherited)
- → Balinese: ᬭᬚ (raja)
→ Old Khmer: រាជ (rāja)
- Khmer: រាជ (riəc)
- Thai: ราช (râat)
→ Punjabi: ਰਾਜਾ (rājā)
→ Sindhi: راجا (rājā)
→ Sinhalese: රජ (raja)
→ Sundanese: raja
→ Tamil: ராஜா (rājā), இராசா (irācā) — standard, ராசா (rācā), இராஜா (irājā)
→ Telugu: రాజు (rāju)
→ Thai: ราชา (raa-chaa)
→ Toba Batak: ᯒᯐ (raja)

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “rā́jan-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 446
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “rā́j-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 444

Pali

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Sanskrit

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