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

1. 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)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

Root राज् (√rāj). From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵeh₂, from *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Cognate with Latin rēx.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

राजन् • (rā́jan) stem, m

1. a king, sovereign, prince, chief
2. a man of the royal tribe or the military caste, a क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya)

Declension

Masculine an-stem declension of राजन् (rā́jan)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	राजा rā́jā	राजानौ / राजाना¹ rā́jānau / rā́jānā¹	राजानः rā́jānaḥ
Vocative	राजन् rā́jan	राजानौ / राजाना¹ rā́jānau / rā́jānā¹	राजानः rā́jānaḥ
Accusative	राजानम् rā́jānam	राजानौ / राजाना¹ rā́jānau / rā́jānā¹	राज्ञः rā́jñaḥ
Instrumental	राज्ञा rā́jñā	राजभ्याम् rā́jabhyām	राजभिः rā́jabhiḥ
Dative	राज्ञे rā́jñe	राजभ्याम् rā́jabhyām	राजभ्यः rā́jabhyaḥ
Ablative	राज्ञः rā́jñaḥ	राजभ्याम् rā́jabhyām	राजभ्यः rā́jabhyaḥ
Genitive	राज्ञः rā́jñaḥ	राज्ञोः rā́jñoḥ	राज्ञाम् rā́jñām
Locative	राज्ञि / राजनि / राजन्¹ rā́jñi / rā́jani / rā́jan¹	राज्ञोः rā́jñoḥ	राजसु rā́jasu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• ,
  • Marathi: राव (rāv)
• Pali: rājan
  • → Burmese: ရာဇ (raja.)
  • → Khmer: រាជ (riəc)
• • Hindi: राय (rāy)
  • • Angloromani: rye
• → Assamese: ৰজা (roza)
• → Balinese: raja
• → Bengali: রাজা (raja)
• → Cebuano: raja, raha
• → Dhivehi: ރަދުން (radun̊)
• → Proto-Dravidian: *aracan
  • Telugu: అరుసు (arusu)
  • Tulu: [script needed] (arasu, arase)
  • Kannada: ಅರಸ (arasa), ಅರಸು (arasu)
  • Malayalam: [script needed] (aracan)
  • Tamil: அரசன் (aracaṉ)
• → Persian: رای (rāy)
• → Gujarati: રાજા (rājā)
• → Hindi: राजा (rājā)
• → Urdu: راجہ
• → Javanese: raja
• → Kannada: ರಾಜಾ (rājā)
• → Lao: ລາຊາ (lā sā)
• → Malayalam: രാജാവ് (rājāvŭ), രാജ (rāja)
• → Malay: raja
  • Indonesian: raja
  • Semai: rajak
• → Maranao: radia
• → Marathi: राजा (rājā)
• → Nepali: राजा (rājā)
• → Punjabi: ਰਾਜਾ (rājā)
• → Sindhi: راجا
• → Sinhalese: රජ (raja)
• → Sundanese: raja
• → Tagalog: raha
• → Tamil: ராஜா (rājā)
• → Telugu: రాజు (rāju)
• → Thai: ราชา (raa-chaa), ราช (râat)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “राजन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 874.