राज्य सभा
Hindi
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Etymology
[edit]Sanskritic formation from राज्य (rājya, “the state”) + सभा (sabhā, “house”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ɾɑːd͡ʒ.jə sə.bʱɑː/, [ɾäːd͡ʒ.jɐ‿sɐ.bʱäː]
- Hyphenation: राज्य‧स‧भा
Proper noun
[edit]राज्य सभा • (rājya sabhā) f (Urdu spelling رَاجْیَہ سَبَھا)
- Rajya Sabha (the upper house of the Indian parliament)
- Hypernyms: (rare) ऐवान-ए-बाला (aivān-e-bālā), उच्च सदन (ucc sadan)
- Coordinate term: लोकसभा (loksabhā)
Declension
[edit]| singular | |
|---|---|
| direct | राज्य सभा rājya sabhā |
| oblique | राज्य सभा rājya sabhā |
| vocative | राज्य सभा rājya sabhā |
Further reading
[edit]- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “राज्य”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 645
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “राज्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 861
- “राज्य-सभा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.