राज्

Sanskrit

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

राज् (rā́j) m

  1. (Rigvedic) a king, sovereign, chief

Declension

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 872/3
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