राष्ट्र

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾɑːʃʈɾ/

Noun

राष्ट्र • (rāṣṭra) m (Urdu spelling راشٹر‎)

1. nation (sovereign state)

   दूसरे विश्वयुद्ध के दौरान, स्पेन तटस्थ राष्ट्र था।

   dūsre viśvayuddh ke daurān, spen taṭasth rāṣṭra thā.

   During the Second World War, Spain was a neutral nation.

   Synonyms: देश (deś), राज्य (rājya)

2. nation (community of people having a common identity)

   हिंदू राष्ट्र ― hindū rāṣṭra ― the Hindu nation: a racial concept of the Indian far-right nationalists

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “राष्ट्र”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons

Noun

राष्ट्र • (rāṣṭra), pronounced रास्ट्र (rāsṭra)

1. nation, country

Etymology

From राज् (rāj)

Noun

राष्ट्र • (rāṣṭra) m, n

1. (fr. √ राज्; g. अर्धर्चादि; m. only MBh. xiii, 3050) a kingdom (Mn. vii, 157 one of the 5 प्रकृतिs of the state), realm, empire, dominion, district, country.

Noun

राष्ट्र • (rāṣṭra) m

1. a people, nation, subjects.
2. any public calamity (as famine, plague, etc.), affliction.

Proper noun

राष्ट्र • (rāṣṭra) m

1. name of a king (son of काशि).

Derived terms

• राष्ट्रपति (rāṣṭrapati)
• राष्ट्रीय (rāṣṭrīya)

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 0879