प्रजा

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रजा (prajā).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pɾə.d͡ʒɑː/, [pɾə.d͡ʒäː]

Noun

प्रजा • (prajā) f (Urdu spelling پرجا‎)

  1. subjects
    प्रजा की मत है कि अपने राजा ने देश को लूट लिया है।
    prajā kī mat hai ki apne rājā ne deś ko lūṭ liyā hai.
    The subjects believe that their own king has ransacked the nation.
  2. people (as a single entity)
    Synonyms: जनता (jantā), रिआया (riāyā)

Declension
Declension of प्रजा (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct प्रजा
prajā		 प्रजाएँ
prajāẽ
oblique प्रजा
prajā		 प्रजाओं
prajāõ
vocative प्रजा
prajā		 प्रजाओ
prajāo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬧ᭄ᬭᬚᬵ (Balinese script)
  • প্ৰজা (Assamese script)
  • প্রজা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰕𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀚𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌜𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • પ્રજા (Gujarati script)
  • ਪੑਰਜਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦥꦿꦗꦴ (Javanese script)
  • ប្រជា (Khmer script)
  • ಪ್ರಜಾ (Kannada script)
  • ປ຺ຣຊາ (Lao script)
  • പ്രജാ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘕𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᢒᠷᠠᠽᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • ᢒᡵᠠᡯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • ပြဇာ (Burmese script)
  • 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑦵𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐖𑐵 (Newa script)
  • ପ୍ରଜା (Oriya script)
  • ꢦ꣄ꢬꢙꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆘𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖕𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • ප්රජා (Sinhalese script)
  • ప్రజా (Telugu script)
  • ปฺรชา (Thai script)
  • པྲ་ཛཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒖𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From प्र- (pra-, “pro-”) +‎ जा (jā, “birth, offspring, race”). Literally, “that which is brought forth”.

Pronunciation

Noun

प्रजा • (prajā) f

  1. subject of a king, rule
  2. procreation
  3. offspring
  4. race
  5. posterity
  6. man, mankind

Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of प्रजा
Nom. sg. प्रजा (prajā)
Gen. sg. प्रजायाः (prajāyāḥ)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative प्रजा (prajā) प्रजे (praje) प्रजाः (prajāḥ)
Vocative प्रजे (praje) प्रजे (praje) प्रजाः (prajāḥ)
Accusative प्रजाम् (prajām) प्रजे (praje) प्रजाः (prajāḥ)
Instrumental प्रजया (prajayā) प्रजाभ्याम् (prajābhyām) प्रजाभिः (prajābhiḥ)
Dative प्रजायै (prajāyai) प्रजाभ्याम् (prajābhyām) प्रजाभ्यः (prajābhyaḥ)
Ablative प्रजायाः (prajāyāḥ) प्रजाभ्याम् (prajābhyām) प्रजाभ्यः (prajābhyaḥ)
Genitive प्रजायाः (prajāyāḥ) प्रजयोः (prajayoḥ) प्रजानाम् (prajānām)
Locative प्रजायाम् (prajāyām) प्रजयोः (prajayoḥ) प्रजासु (prajāsu)

Derived terms
  • प्रजाकल्प (prajākalpa, “the time of creation”)
  • प्रजाकामा (prajākāmā, “desiring offspring”)
  • प्रजातन्तु (prajātantu, “a line of descendants, a race”)
  • प्रजापति (prajāpati, literally “a lord of creatures”)

Descendants

References
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