राजन्
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
राजन् m
- Devanagari script form of rājan ("king")
Declension
Declension table of "राज" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | राजा (rājā) | राजानो (rājāno) or राजा (rājā) |
| Accusative (second) | राजानं (rājānaṃ) or राजं (rājaṃ) | राजानो (rājāno) |
| Instrumental (third) | रञ्ञा (raññā) or राजिना (rājinā) or राजेन (rājena) | राजूहि (rājūhi) or राजूभि (rājūbhi) or राजेहि (rājehi) or राजेभि (rājebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | रञ्ञो (rañño) or राजिनो (rājino) or राजस्स (rājassa) | रञ्ञं (raññaṃ) or राजूनं (rājūnaṃ) or राजानं (rājānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | रञ्ञा (raññā) | राजूहि (rājūhi) or राजूभि (rājūbhi) or राजेहि (rājehi) or राजेभि (rājebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | रञ्ञो (rañño) or राजिनो (rājino) or राजस्स (rājassa) | रञ्ञं (raññaṃ) or राजूनं (rājūnaṃ) or राजानं (rājānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | रञ्ञे (raññe) or राजिनि (rājini) | राजूसु (rājūsu) or राजेसु (rājesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | राज (rāja) | राजानो (rājāno) or राजा (rājā) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৰাজন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬭᬵᬚᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- রাজন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰯𑰕𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ရာဇန် (Burmese script)
- રાજન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਰਾਜਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦫꦴꦗꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂰𑂔𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ರಾಜೝ (Kannada script)
- រាជន៑ (Khmer script)
- ຣາຊນ຺ (Lao script)
- രാജന് (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᠠ᠊ᠠᡯᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘨𑘰𑘕𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠠᢗᠽᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧈𑧑𑦵𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑐵𑐖𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ରାଜନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢬꢵꢙꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆳𑆘𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖯𑖕𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- රාජන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩼𑩛𑩣𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚤𑚭𑚑𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- ராஜந் (Tamil script)
- రాజౝ (Telugu script)
- ราชนฺ (Thai script)
- རཱ་ཛ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒰𑒖𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨊𑨥𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō. Cognate with Latin rēx (“king”), Welsh rhi. Also compare राज् (rāj, “king”). By surface analysis, from the root राज् (rāj, “to rule”) + -अन् (-an).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɾɑ́ː.d͡ʑɐn/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɾɑː.d͡ʑɐn̪/
Noun
राजन् • (rā́jan) stem, m
- a king, sovereign, prince, chief
- Coordinate term: राज्ञी (rājñī, “queen”)
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.36.4:
- स रा॒यस्खामुप॑ सृजा गृणा॒नः पु॑रुश्च॒न्द्रस्य॒ त्वमि॑न्द्र॒ वस्वः॑ ।
पति॑र्बभू॒थास॑मो॒ जना॑ना॒मेको॒ विश्व॑स्य॒ भुव॑नस्य॒ राजा॑ ॥- sá rāyáskhā́múpa sṛjā gṛṇānáḥ puruścandrásya tvámindra vásvaḥ.
pátirbabhūthā́samo jánānāméko víśvasya bhúvanasya rā́jā. - Lauded by us, let flow the spring, O Indra, of excellent and brightly-shining riches.
For thou art Lord of men, without an equal: of all the world thou art the only King.
- sá rāyáskhā́múpa sṛjā gṛṇānáḥ puruścandrásya tvámindra vásvaḥ.
- स रा॒यस्खामुप॑ सृजा गृणा॒नः पु॑रुश्च॒न्द्रस्य॒ त्वमि॑न्द्र॒ वस्वः॑ ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | राजा (rā́jā) | राजानौ (rā́jānau) राजाना¹ (rā́jānā¹) |
राजानः (rā́jānaḥ) |
| accusative | राजानम् (rā́jānam) | राजानौ (rā́jānau) राजाना¹ (rā́jānā¹) |
राज्ञः (rā́jñaḥ) |
| instrumental | राज्ञा (rā́jñā) | राजभ्याम् (rā́jabhyām) | राजभिः (rā́jabhiḥ) |
| dative | राज्ञे (rā́jñe) | राजभ्याम् (rā́jabhyām) | राजभ्यः (rā́jabhyaḥ) |
| ablative | राज्ञः (rā́jñaḥ) | राजभ्याम् (rā́jabhyām) | राजभ्यः (rā́jabhyaḥ) |
| genitive | राज्ञः (rā́jñaḥ) | राज्ञोः (rā́jñoḥ) | राज्ञाम् (rā́jñām) |
| locative | राज्ञि (rā́jñi) राजनि (rā́jani) राजन्¹ (rā́jan¹) |
राज्ञोः (rā́jñoḥ) | राजसु (rā́jasu) |
| vocative | राजन् (rā́jan) | राजानौ (rā́jānau) राजाना¹ (rā́jānā¹) |
राजानः (rā́jānaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀭𑀸𑀬 (rāya)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀭𑀸𑀆 (rāā), 𑀭𑀸𑀬 (rāya)
- Pali: rājan
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀭𑀸𑀬 (rāya)
- → Assamese: ৰজা (roza)
- → Bengali: রাজা (raja)
- → Dhivehi: ރަދުން (radun̊), ރާއްޖެ (rājje)
- → Proto-South Dravidian: *aracan
- → Persian: رای (rây)
- → Gujarati: રાજા (rājā)
- → Vaghri: રાજા (rājā)
- → Hindi: राजा (rājā)
- → Kashmiri: राज़ (rāz)
- → Urdu: راجہ
- → Kannada: ರಾಜ (rāja)
- → Lao: ລາຊາ (lā sā)
- → Malayalam: രാജാവ് (rājāvŭ), രാജ (rāja)
- → Malay: raja; (راج)
- → Marathi: राजा (rājā)
- → Nepali: राजा (rājā)
- → Old Javanese: rāja
- → Punjabi: ਰਾਜਾ (rājā)
- → Sindhi: راجا
- → Sinhalese: රජ (raja)
- → Sundanese: raja
- → Tamil: ராஜா (rājā), ராசா (rācā), ராஜன் (rājaṉ), இராஜா (irājā), இராசா (irācā) — standard form
- → Telugu: రాజు (rāju)
- → Thai: ราชา (raa-chaa), ราช (râat)
- → Toba Batak: ᯒᯐ (raja)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “राजन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 874/3, 875/1.