राज्

See also: राज, राज़, रोज़, रंज, राजि, रोज़ा, राजा, and रोज

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

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

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɑ́ːd͡ʑ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːd͡ʑ/

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) stem, 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]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 444-6