राज्

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

Sanskrit

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

राज् • (rā́j) m

1. (Rigvedic) a king, sovereign, chief
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

Declension

    Declension of राज्

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	राट् (rā́ṭ)	राजौ (rā́jau)	राजः (rā́jaḥ)
Vocative	राट् (rā́ṭ)	राजौ (rā́jau)	राजः (rā́jaḥ)
Accusative	राजम् (rā́jam)	राजौ (rā́jau)	राजः (rā́jaḥ)
Instrumental	राजा (rā́jā)	राड्भ्याम् (rā́ḍbhyām)	राड्भिः (rā́ḍbhiḥ)
Dative	राजे (rā́je)	राड्भ्याम् (rā́ḍbhyām)	राड्भ्यः (rā́ḍbhyaḥ)
Ablative	राजः (rā́jaḥ)	राड्भ्याम् (rā́ḍbhyām)	राड्भ्यः (rā́ḍbhyaḥ)
Genitive	राजः (rā́jaḥ)	राजोः (rā́joḥ)	राजाम् (rā́jām)
Locative	राजि (rā́ji)	राजोः (rā́joḥ)	राट्सु (rā́ṭsu)

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.