राष्ट्रपति

Etymology

Sanskrit राष्ट्रपति (rāṣṭrapati).

Noun

राष्ट्रपति • (rāṣṭrapti) m

1. leader of a country, president.

Noun

राष्ट्रपति • (rāṣṭrapati), pronounced रास्ट्रपति (rāsṭrapati)

1. president

Etymology

From राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra, “state, kingdom, country”) +‎ पति (pati, “lord, ruler; husband”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɽɑːʂ.ʈɽɐ.pɐ.t̪i/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɽɑːʂ.ʈɽɐ.pɐ.t̪i/

Noun

राष्ट्रपति • (rāṣṭrapati) m

1. lord of a kingdom, a sovereign

Descendants

• → Bengali: রাষ্ট্রপতি (raśṭrôpti)
• → Hindi: राष्ट्रपति (rāṣṭrapti)
• → Kannada: ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಪತಿ (rāṣṭrapati)
• → Nepali: राष्ट्रपति (rāṣṭrapati)
• → Punjabi: ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀ (rāśṭaraptī)

See also

• अधिपति (adhipati, “overlord”)
• क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya, “Kshatriyas, caste of warrior-kings”)
• चक्रवर्ति (cakravarti, “world ruler”)
• महाराज (mahārāja, “great king, emperor”)
• राज (rāja, “king”)

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 879