raj
Translingual
[edit]Symbol
[edit]raj
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hindi राज (rāj), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-. Doublet of rex, rich, and others.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɹɑːd͡ʒ/, (hyperforeign) /ɹɑːʒ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːdʒ
- Homophones: Rog, Raj
Noun
[edit]raj (uncountable)
- (South Asia) Reign; rule.
Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian roj. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *rojь.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]raj (plural rajok)
- (of bees and other insects) swarm, (of birds) flock
- (military) squad, section, squadron (with approx. 13 people)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | raj | rajok |
| accusative | rajt | rajokat |
| dative | rajnak | rajoknak |
| instrumental | rajjal | rajokkal |
| causal-final | rajért | rajokért |
| translative | rajjá | rajokká |
| terminative | rajig | rajokig |
| essive-formal | rajként | rajokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | rajban | rajokban |
| superessive | rajon | rajokon |
| adessive | rajnál | rajoknál |
| illative | rajba | rajokba |
| sublative | rajra | rajokra |
| allative | rajhoz | rajokhoz |
| elative | rajból | rajokból |
| delative | rajról | rajokról |
| ablative | rajtól | rajoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
rajé | rajoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
rajéi | rajokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | rajom | rajaim |
| 2nd person sing. | rajod | rajaid |
| 3rd person sing. | raja | rajai |
| 1st person plural | rajunk | rajaink |
| 2nd person plural | rajotok | rajaitok |
| 3rd person plural | rajuk | rajaik |
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (collective terms for animals) csapat and sereg (generic), csorda, csürhe, falka, gulya, horda, konda, ménes, nyáj, raj
- (military units) őrs/tűzcsoport < raj < szakasz < század < zászlóalj < ezred < dandár < hadosztály < hadtest < hadsereg < hadseregcsoport < front
Derived terms
[edit]Compound words
References
[edit]- ^ raj in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
[edit]- raj in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
Livonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *rahi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ra’j
Declension
[edit]| singular (ikšlu’g) | plural (pǟgiņlu’g) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | ra’j | ra’jd |
| genitive (genitīv) | ra’j | ra’jd |
| partitive (partitīv) | ra’jjõ | ra’jḑi |
| dative (datīv) | ra’jjõn | ra’jdõn |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | ra’jjõks | ra’jdõks |
| illative (illatīv) | ra’jjõ | ra’jži |
| inessive (inesīv) | ra’jsõ | ra’jši |
| elative (elatīv) | ra’jstõ | ra’jšti |
References
[edit]- Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “ra’j”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary][1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
Maltese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]raj m
Usage notes
[edit]- Generally used in the construction minn raj- + pronominal suffix. For example: Għamluha minn rajhom. (“They did it voluntarily/deliberately.”)
Marshallese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Micronesian *rato, from Proto-Oceanic *rato.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]raj
References
[edit]Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rajь. Doublet of rebus.
Noun
[edit]raj m inan
- paradise
- Synonyms: eden, rajski ogród
- wrota raju ― gates to paradise
- istny raj ― true paradise
- raj utracony ― paradise lost
- wygnanie z raju ― expulsion from paradise
- raje podatkowe ― tax havens (lit. tax paradises)
- heaven
Declension
[edit]Declension of raj
Etymology 2
[edit]Back-formation from rajca.
Noun
[edit]raj m pers (diminutive rajek)
- (Far Masovian, Łomża) synonym of swat
Derived terms
[edit]adjective
proverb
Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]raj
Further reading
[edit]- raj in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- raj in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “raj”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN
- Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “raj”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego)”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 241
Romani
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀆 (rāā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rā́jan).[1][2]
Noun
[edit]raj m (nominative plural raja)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “rāˊjan”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 618
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “raj¹”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 241b
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Marcel Courthiade (2009), “o raj II, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 301b
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rajь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rā́ˀjus (“heaven”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rȃj m inan (Cyrillic spelling ра̑ј)
- heaven, paradise
- (figuratively) heaven, paradise (a pleasant place of happiness and joy)
- Svi kažu da je kao raj na zemlji.
- Everyone says that it's like heaven on earth.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rȃj | ràjevi |
| genitive | rȁja | rajévā |
| dative | rȁju | rajèvima |
| accusative | rȃj | ràjeve |
| vocative | rȁju | rȁjevi |
| locative | ràju | rajèvima |
| instrumental | rȁjem | rajèvima |
Derived terms
[edit]Slovak
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ràjь.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]raj m inan (genitive singular raja, nominative plural raje, genitive plural rajov, declension pattern of stroj)
- paradise
- Paradise, Heaven, the Garden of Eden
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | raj | raje |
| genitive | raja | rajov |
| dative | raju | rajom |
| accusative | raj | raje |
| locative | raji | rajoch |
| instrumental | rajom | rajmi |
Further reading
[edit]- “raj”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026
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