राज्ञी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰাজ্ঞী (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬵᬚ᭄ᬜᬷ (Balinese script)
• রাজ্ঞী (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰯𑰕𑰿𑰗𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑁆𑀜𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ရာဇ္ဉီ (Burmese script)
• રાજ્ઞી (Gujarati script)
• ਰਾਜੑਞੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌾𑌜𑍍𑌞𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦴꦘꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂰𑂔𑂹𑂖𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ರಾಜ್ಞೀ (Kannada script)
• រាជ្ញី (Khmer script)
• ຣາຊ຺ຎີ (Lao script)
• രാജ്ഞീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡯᠨᡳᠶᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘰𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠠᢗᠽᡛᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧑𑦵𑧠𑦷𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐵𑐖𑑂𑐘𑐷 (Newa script)
• ରାଜ୍ଞୀ (Odia script)
• ꢬꢵꢙ꣄ꢛꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆳𑆘𑇀𑆚𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖯𑖕𑖿𑖗𑖱 (Siddham script)
• රාඥී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩛𑩣 𑪙𑩥𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚭𑚑𑚶𑚓𑚯 (Takri script)
• ராஜ்ஞீ (Tamil script)
• రాజ్ఞీ (Telugu script)
• ราชฺญี (Thai script)
• རཱ་ཛྙཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒰𑒖𑓂𑒘𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨊𑨥𑩇𑨓𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂ (“queen”). Cognate with Latin regina, Old Irish rígan. Related to राजन् (rā́jan, “king”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɑ́ːd͡ʑ.ɲiː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɾɑːd͡ʑ.ɲiː/

Noun

राज्ञी • (rā́jñī) stem, f

1. queen, princess, the wife of a king
   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā) 15.10:

     राज्ञ्य्असि प्राची दिग्वसवस्ते देवाऽअधिपतयोऽग्निर्हेतीनां प्रतिधर्ता...

     rājñyasi prācī digvasavaste devāʼadhipatayoʼgnirhetīnāṃ pratidhartā...

     Thou art the Queen, O Eastern region. The bright Vasus are thine overlords. Agni is thy protector from hostile weapons.

   • Central Sanskrit University, Adhunik Sanskrit Sahitya Pustakalaya, āryāṇāmāvāsa

     वैदिक-ऐतिह्यानुसारं मनु:, शतरूपा चेति प्रथमौ राज-राज्ञ्यौ।

     According to Vedic history, Manu and Śatarūpā were the first king and queen.

2. name of the western quarter or that which contains the Soul of the Universe (ChUp. ?? III, 15 ,2)
3. name of the wife of the Sun (Pur.)
4. deep-coloured or yellowish-red brass (consisting of three parts of copper to one of zinc or tin) (L.)
5. = राज्य (rājyá)

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of राज्ञी (rā́jñī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	राज्ञी rā́jñī	राज्ञ्यौ / राज्ञी¹ rā́jñyau / rā́jñī¹	राज्ञ्यः / राज्ञीः¹ rā́jñyaḥ / rā́jñīḥ¹
Vocative	राज्ञि rā́jñi	राज्ञ्यौ / राज्ञी¹ rā́jñyau / rā́jñī¹	राज्ञ्यः / राज्ञीः¹ rā́jñyaḥ / rā́jñīḥ¹
Accusative	राज्ञीम् rā́jñīm	राज्ञ्यौ / राज्ञी¹ rā́jñyau / rā́jñī¹	राज्ञीः rā́jñīḥ
Instrumental	राज्ञ्या rā́jñyā	राज्ञीभ्याम् rā́jñībhyām	राज्ञीभिः rā́jñībhiḥ
Dative	राज्ञ्यै rā́jñyai	राज्ञीभ्याम् rā́jñībhyām	राज्ञीभ्यः rā́jñībhyaḥ
Ablative	राज्ञ्याः / राज्ञ्यै² rā́jñyāḥ / rā́jñyai²	राज्ञीभ्याम् rā́jñībhyām	राज्ञीभ्यः rā́jñībhyaḥ
Genitive	राज्ञ्याः / राज्ञ्यै² rā́jñyāḥ / rā́jñyai²	राज्ञ्योः rā́jñyoḥ	राज्ञीनाम् rā́jñīnām
Locative	राज्ञ्याम् rā́jñyām	राज्ञ्योः rā́jñyoḥ	राज्ञीषु rā́jñīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Assamese: ৰাণী (rani)
• Bengali: রাণী (rani), রানী (rani), রানি (rani)
• Rohingya: rani
• Hindustani: rānī

  Hindi: रानी

  Urdu: رانی (rānī)

  • → English: rani, ranee
• Nepali: रानी (rānī)
• Old Marathi: rāṇī

  Devanagari script: राणी

  Modi script: 𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲

  • Marathi: rāṇī

    Devanagari script: राणी

    Modi script: 𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲

  • → Kannada: ರಾಣಿ (rāṇi)
  • → Malayalam: റാണി (ṟāṇi)
  • → Tamil: ராணி (rāṇi), இராணி (irāṇi)
  • → Telugu: రాణి (rāṇi)

• Romani: rani, raji, rajni; rai
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: raani
  • Welsh Romani: råni
• → Malayalam: രാജ്ഞി (rājñi)
• → Malay: rani
  • Indonesian: rani
• → Odia: ରାଜ୍ଞୀ (rajñi) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “राज्ञी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0875.