raj

See also: ráj, Raj, рај, and рай

Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

raj

(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Rajasthani.

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Hindi राज (rāj)

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɹɑːd͡ʒ/, (hyperforeign) /ɹɑːʒ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːd͡ʒ
Homophones: Rog, Raj

Noun[edit]

raj (uncountable)

(South Asia) Reign; rule.

Derived terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

JAR, JRA, ajr, jar

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian roj. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *rojь.^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈrɒj]
Hyphenation: raj
Rhymes: -ɒj

Noun[edit]

raj (plural rajok)

(of bees and other insects) swarm, (of birds) flock
(military) squad, section, squadron (with approx. 13 people)

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	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

Possessive forms of raj
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

hajóraj

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.)

Maltese[edit]

Root
w-r-j
10 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic رَأْي (raʔy).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /raj/
Homophone: ragħaj (one pronunciation)
Rhymes: -aj

Noun[edit]

raj m

opinion
one's free will, volition, intent

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]

(phonetic) IPA^(key): [rˠɑtʲ]
(phonemic) IPA^(key): /rˠætʲ/
Bender phonemes: {raj}

Noun[edit]

raj

whale

References[edit]

Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /raj/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -aj
Syllabification: raj

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
Synonyms: niebiosa, niebo

raj na ziemi ― heaven on earth

Declension[edit]

Declension of raj

	singular	plural
nominative	raj	raje
genitive	raju	rajów
dative	rajowi	rajom
accusative	raj	raje
instrumental	rajem	rajami
locative	raju	rajach
vocative	raju	raje

Derived terms[edit]

adjective

rajski

phrase

baju, baju, będziesz w raju

proverb

chciałaby dusza do raju

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

raj

second-person singular imperative of raić

Romani[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀆 (rāā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rā́jan).^[1]^[2]

Noun[edit]

raj m (nominative plural raja)

lord,^[1] master^[2]
gentleman,^[1]^[3] Sir,^[3] Mr^[3]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Kalo Finnish Romani: rai

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] (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]

IPA^(key): /râːj/
Rhymes: -âːj

Noun[edit]

rȃj m (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]

Declension of raj

	singular	plural
nominative	rȃj	ràjevi
genitive	raja	rajeva
dative	raju	rajevima
accusative	raj	rajeve
vocative	raju	rajevi
locative	raju	rajevima
instrumental	rajem	rajevima

Derived terms[edit]

[1] 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.)

[t-2] 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

[bi-3] 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

[c-4] 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] (in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 301b

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