राज्

Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

The word is considered a ghost word by Scharfe, interpreting its meaning in compounds in which it is found such as "deva-rāj" to be "ruling", as in, "ruling (over the gods)". The sense of "king" or "ruler" was then later added to the noun and its derivatives.[1][2]

Noun

राज् (rā́j) m

  1. (Rigvedic) a king, sovereign, chief
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.12.1:
      मध्ये होता दुरोणे बर्हिषो राळ्अग्निस्तोदस्य रोदसी यजध्यै
      madhye hotā duroṇe barhiṣo rāḷagnistodasya rodasī yajadhyai
      May Agni the king of trimmed grass, Herald within the dwelling, worship the Impeller's World-halves.
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-.

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

  1. 1993, Winfred P. Lehmann, Theoretical bases of Indo-European linguistics, page 68:
    It removes one argument for closer relationship between Italic, Celtic and Indic; and it demolishes any support for a larger social organization in the early period that was ruled by a "king".
  2. Kim McCone (1998), “'King' and 'Queen' in Celtic and Indo-European”, in JSTOR
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